BADUNG, Bali – Police are looking for a motorcycle-riding thief after a New Zealand vacationer had her iPhone snatched close to Bali’s Tuban Underpass, an incident captured on dashcam footage that has since gone viral on social media.
The theft occurred on Friday afternoon close to the Tuban Underpass, a busy site visitors hall linking the Kuta space with I Gusti Ngurah Rai Worldwide Airport. Video circulating on-line exhibits the suspect approaching the sufferer earlier than grabbing her cellphone and dashing away towards the Ngurah Rai Statue Roundabout.
Kuta Police have launched an investigation and are working to establish the suspect seen within the footage.
“Kuta Police have obtained the report and are nonetheless conducting additional investigations,” Denpasar Police spokesperson Iptu I Gede Adi Saputra Jaya mentioned on Sunday.
The sufferer, recognized by her initials MBE, 26, a lady from New Zealand, reported shedding her smartphone after turning into the goal of the snatching incident.
Police mentioned the stolen system was a darkish blue iPhone 17 Professional Max price roughly Rp17 million (about US$1,000). The incident passed off at round 4:55 p.m. native time.
In keeping with the sufferer’s assertion, she was driving as a passenger on a bike heading north when the theft occurred. She was utilizing her cellphone to entry Google Maps and navigate to her vacation spot.
Investigators mentioned a person driving a black Yamaha NMax motorbike approached from the fitting facet earlier than seizing the system.
“The suspect got here from the sufferer’s proper facet and snatched the cellphone earlier than fleeing the scene at excessive pace,” Adi mentioned.
Dashcam footage shared on-line exhibits the suspect carrying a black jacket, black helmet, and shorts. The motorbike seemed to be fitted with a Bali-issued license plate starting with the letters “DK.”
Moments after taking the cellphone, the rider appeared to briefly lose stability however shortly regained management and accelerated away from the scene.
The sufferer suffered losses estimated at Rp17 million. Police mentioned the report is presently being processed as a public grievance whereas investigators collect proof and pursue leads.
“At this stage, it’s nonetheless being processed as a public grievance. Nonetheless, Kuta Police are actively conducting an investigation to establish and apprehend the suspect,” Adi added.
No arrests have been introduced, and police proceed efforts to trace down the person captured within the viral footage.
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