They are snatching phones now
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6550824/ive-been-robbed-by-a-moped-crook-says-sajid-javid/
JAVID'S CRIME BLITZ Home Secretary Sajid Javid reveals how he was a moped mugging victim as he launches battle to beat villains
The Home Secretary has vowed to make it his priority to assist the police and bring moped crooks to heel
The Tory, 48, was shaken when raiders roared on to a pavement to snatch his phone from his hand in North London.
He said: “It happened in a flash. I was walking out of Euston station and reached for my phone to call a taxi.
“It was brand new. Before I knew what was happening, it had gone. They just rode up, grabbed it and zoomed off.
“I was angry and upset but thought myself lucky not to have been stabbed or beaten up like many other victims who fall prey to these vicious criminals.”
In his first interview since taking charge of the nation’s security and policing policy,the dad of four told of his personal experience of street crime.