Three Bulgarian pickpockets were caught red-handed by undercover police officers after they stole a £1,000 designer purse from a woman outside Selfridges last week.
The girl gang, made up of Elena Venkova, 33, Malinka Georgieva, 20, and Elena Mitkova, 26, were intercepted as they targeted shoppers in London's West End on August 27.
The shameless trio had stolen a handbag and a £6,000 Cartier watch, and all had previous convictions for theft.
Footage released on social media showed more than a dozen police officers arresting the thieves before they are driven away in vans.
At a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court the thieves all admitted theft and were given prison sentences.
