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Nairobi phone theft syndicate is a complex web of trained, tech-savvy individuals

It is no longer dirty urchins and crooked men stealing mobile phones on the streets. The syndicate now involves beautiful women who no one can ever suspect of being criminals.

The police's recent arrest of three women, one of them from neighbouring Uganda, brought to light how sophisticated and attractive the phone theft syndicate has become.

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