Two Romanian nationals were arrested yesterday for pick-pocketing, the police said today.

In a statement, the police said that several reports of pick-pocketing were received in Sliema and St Julian’s.

Officers on the Sliema promenade noted two people acting suspiciously, with one of them acting as a spotter while the other was seen stealing a wallet from a tourist who was about to embark on a bus.

The two were immediately arrested. It resulted that one of them, aged 35m was accused of pick-pocketing in Germany, Holland and Switzerland. The other, another Romanian aged 41, is known to the Czech police.

On Tuesday, the police arrested another two Romanians for similar offences.