A report released by the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) on mobile phones snatched between the period of January and October in Karachi, reflected an unending trend in street crime and mobile snatching.
According to the CPLC report, 29,536 mobile phones were snatched from January till October.
In the month of January, 3,138 phones were snatched, while the figure for February stood at 2,917.
2,882 mobile phones were snatched in March, while in April the number stood at 2,839.
Figures for the months of May, June and July stood at 3,072, 2,819 and 3,034, respectively.
The number of phones snatched during the months of August, September and October were 3,210, 3,006 and 2,819, respectively.
The highest number of phone muggings was reported from Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, as 4,881 phones were snatched during the 10-month period.
