A woman accused of several so-called ‘hugger muggings’ of elderly people in Pilar de la Horadada has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
The street robberies involved a woman approaching elderly men to start a conversation or ask a question, and at the same time stroking or hugging them as a distraction in order to steal any valuables on their person without them noticing, explained a spokesman for the force.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
