14 DAY TRIAL // This clip shot by a commuter on a subway in Budapest, Hungary shows a phone thief in action. The man waits for the train to stop so he can grab a cell phone right out of a woman's hands and bolt.
A bystander started filming the man before the act, as he believed he was acting in a suspicious manner and wanted to chronicle what he was about to do.
As it turned out, the passenger was right to catch him on camera. According to Gizmodo, as the clip became popular in Hungary, the thief was recognized and caught.
The incident happened on Friday, October 26, and the man was arrested by Saturday. It appears his own girlfriend turned him in after she saw the footage. He was identified as B. Tibor, from Budapest, and is now being investigated for a series of related thefts.