This is the dramatic moment two moped muggers snatch a man’s watch off his wrist in heavy traffic near Ibiza airport.
The pair took advantage of the split-second that cars approaching a roundabout on the road to the airport ground to a halt to commit their crime.
Video footage shows the moped rider approaching the driver’s window before his accomplice, who got off the vehicle as they prepared to pounce, rushed over to complete the snatch with his motorcycle helmet still on his head.
They sped off seconds later, accelerating at speed in the direction they had come from, before other motorists had a chance to react.
This is the dramatic moment two moped muggers snatch a man’s watch off his wrist in heavy traffic near Ibiza airport
The pair took advantage of the split-second that cars approaching a roundabout on the road to the airport ground to a halt to commit their crime
Video footage shows the moped rider approaching the driver’s window before his accomplice, who got off the vehicle as they prepared to pounce, rushed over to complete the snatch with his motorcycle helmet still on his head
The man they targeted, who was driving a luxury Mercedes G-wagon, tried to do a U-turn to follow them but appeared to desist after realising he had no chance of catching up with them.
The victim went to police to report the robbery, but it was not clear this morning whether the watch thieves had been arrested.
The make and value of the timepiece they took has not been revealed.
The astonishing scene was filmed by the driver of a taxi heading to Ibiza airport.
The footage emerged hours after police on the island were pictured returning a £35,000 watch stolen by criminals to its rightful owner.
Detectives said it was one of seven expensive timepieces they had recovered after arresting the suspects.
On Thursday a gang of Rolex robbers pleaded guilty to targeting tourists in Majorca.
They sped off seconds later, accelerating at speed in the direction they had come from, before other motorists had a chance to react
The man they targeted, who was driving a luxury Mercedes G-wagon, tried to do a U-turn to follow them but appeared to desist after realising he had no chance of catching up with them
The victim went to police to report the robbery, but it was not clear this morning whether the watch thieves had been arrested
The five criminals, four men and a women, accepted prison sentences ranging from three months to five years after admitting they had travelled to the island from Barcelona between March and April last year to commit crime.
They mugged four victims to snatch watches worth nearly £150,000 in total.
One was a French tourist wearing a £85,000 Audemars Piguet watch. They also targeted a woman wearing a £42,000 Rolex white gold watch in an underground car park in Palma.
