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  • 30 phones were recovered from a Romanian national
  • The thief, 34, was blocked at the exits of a Sum 41 concert
  • It is unknown if the suspect had accomplices

Dutch police caught the culprit of phone thefts in a January 21 rock concert after finding a man with 30 phones in his cycling shorts pocket.

The suspected thief, 34, was thought to be a part of a roving gang of thieves and was stopped by policemen blocking the concert grounds exit when concert-goers alerted them.

According to a BBC News report, extra officers went to Canadian band Sum 41’s concert at Amsterdam-Zuidoost after the Belgian police sent out tips.

50 more phones were stolen from the Sum 41 concert in Antwerp.

It is still unclear whether or not the suspect, who is a Romanian national, had accomplices.

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