The shock of being pick-pocketed was enough to make a Battambang woman scream – for cops – while riding alone in Ratanak commune.

Heading home on Sunday, the woman said a man pulled close and managed to get her iPhone out of a compartment on her backpack before speeding away.

Fortunately, her yelps for help were heard by the boys in blue, who chased down the fast-fingered filcher and hauled him to the station after returning the device.

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