Phnom Penh Post - Driver puts his foot down to stop snatchers
A valiant vigilante made a trio of citizen’s arrests after a purse snatching in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district on Tuesday.
The brave bystander witnessed the motorbike-mounted thieves pinch another passenger’s purse and try to speed off with the loot.
Our hero, however, drove his car straight into the bandit-bearing motorbike, knocking them to the ground.
Police then arrived at the scene, arresting the lot of them and returning the purse to its rightful owner.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY
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