Bag containing £500 snatched in Cirencester (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
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Bag containing £500 snatched outside Hammonds Bike Shop on Watermoor Road, Cirencester
11:07am Monday 14th January 2013 in News By Ian Craig
A WOMAN’S bag containing £500 cash and a mobile phone was snatched in Cirencester on Saturday.
The 32-year-old woman was walking past Hammonds Bike Shop on Watermoor Road at around midday when a person cycled past and snatched her bag from her shoulder.
The thief was wearing a dark blue hoody and their bike was described as “low to the ground”.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Gloucestershire police on 101, quoting incident number 181 of January 12.
Information can also be given anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org
In some cases Crimestoppers offer rewards of up to £1000 where information leads to a conviction.