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A boda boda-riding thief shocked Kenyans after surveillance footage showed him snatching a phone directly from a police officer in what appeared to be a carefully timed street robbery.
The clip, shared on Facebook, was recorded on outdoor CCTV at an unspecified street location in Kenya.
The footage, overlaid with a colour-distorted filter, captures the moment a rider on a motorcycle pulls up close to the officer and makes off with the phone before the victim can react.
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What has drawn widespread attention is not just the act of theft itself, but the audacity behind it.
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The target was not an ordinary pedestrian — the thief allegedly singled out a police officer, a move that many viewers found both alarming and difficult to believe.
The incident fits a pattern of motorcycle-enabled phone snatching that has become increasingly common on Kenyan streets.
Boda boda operators, while essential to daily commuting across the country, have also been linked…
