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How streetwise robbers in Kenya outsmart victims

Nairobi residents in their daily crossing of Uhuru Park

NAIROBI: You are walking on the city streets and a smartly dressed man drops an envelope.

You run after the man and he is elated that you have alerted him about the mishap. Or another pedestrian picks it up first and strikes a conversation with you.

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