The salesgirl said that the suspect had pretended to be interested in buying drugs from the store when he stole her phone. She said only realized her phone was missing when she saw the suspect rushing into a taxi, and then she started screaming for help.
Her scream alerted youths in the area who chased the taxi, forced it to stop, and dragged out the suspect. After conducting a search, they found the phone in his pocket, though the taxi driver wasn’t in on the suspect’s plan.