Snatch and grab: former representative wrestler arrested for handbag robbery

A former national-level athlete has been arrested for robbery, a news website reports.

The unnamed man robbed a woman of her handbag earlier this month in Xian by coming up behind her while riding a motorcycle, Hsw.cn reported. The woman was dragged behind the motorcycle for about 600 meters.

The suspect was familiar with the district and initially evaded capture but a 47-year-old man was later discovered in the east gate of a community in Beichen Avenue, where he was arrested by police.

The man was reported to had taken drugs for about 20 years. He had been arrested once before for stealing and had been ordered to attend drug treatment programmes many times, according to the police investigation.