Videos taken by security cameras show a couple and a man being robbed by the so-called “chain gang”, in the Central Region of São Paulo. The images are being analyzed by the São Paulo Civil Police.
According to the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat, the Civil Police remains available to victims to formalize the police report.
Look:
In the first video, it is possible to see the moment when the couple is and the woman is knocked to the ground when one of them pulls the chain from her neck.
In the second approach, a man is sitting on the bench, when he is surprised by the gang, who grabs his neck from behind.
The Public Security Secretariat reported that, since January this year, 590 offenders have been arrested in .
The center also has community Military Police bases located in the squares of Luz, Liberdade, Agente Cícero and 14 Bis, in addition to the Sé, on Avenida Paulista and in the squares of Santa Cecília and Arouche