Patrols increased Pickpocket alert at city bus stops

POLICE are stepping up patrols at bus stops in Bristol city centre after a spate of pickpocket thefts from passengers waiting to board buses.

- Tristan CORK

Passengers are being warned to keep their phones, wallets and valuables safe and their bags done up, after a spate of thefts from people sitting or standing at the bus stops in the Broadmead area - in Union Street, Rupert Street, the Horsefair, the Haymarket and Nelson Street.

Police are advising people waiting for buses to be extra vigilant, and have listed a series of things passengers can do to protect themselves against the thieves.