Beach bag thieves caught by off-duty police

A young woman was arrested shortly after an off-duty sergeant major saw her stealing swimmers' bags yesterday at about 5.30 p.m., in St Thomas Bay. The young woman, who also tried to steal the officer's bag, was arrested in Triq il-Gardiel, Marsascala, by members of the Rapid Intervention Unit, who were on patrol in the vicinity. They acted on the sergeant major's description of the suspect. This was the second such case in as many days after a man was arrested by an off-duty sergeant who caught him walking off with his bag while he was swimming in Sliema on Wednesday.