A City police officer who was off duty intervened in a robbery that occurred at the Lomas de Zamora train station and managed to recover a neighbor's cell phone.
The incident gained attention after images of the procedure were circulated, in which the officer warned one of the thieves, who was a foreigner: "Here, the one who steals and is a foreigner goes outside".
The phrase went viral along with the victim's acknowledgment, who had purchased the phone just five hours earlier and ended up recovering it thanks to the officer's intervention.
The information was disseminated by the media Lomasconectado, based on the testimony of the woman, identified as Lucii, who decided to share her gratitude in the community group.
According to her account, the incident occurred around 7 PM when she was a victim of the robbery amid the flow of passengers. In those circumstances, she managed to grab one of the individuals involved and received help from a City Police officer who was traveling on the train back home.
The officer, identified as Abel, was off duty but decided to intervene. According to the victim's account, he managed to hold three suspects until other uniformed officers arrived, which allowed her to recover her phone.
In this context, in a video that went viral on social media, the police officer was seen confronting the detained criminal and warning him about his situation as a criminal and a foreigner.
