A thief was arrested seconds after snatching a woman's mobile phone because he had accidentally ran into a police station.

一名小偷抢走一名女子手机后被抓住，因为他自己不小心跑进了派出所。

Surveillance footage filmed on March 31 in China shows the man sprinting¹ straight into the Longgang District Police Station in Shenzhen while trying to run away from the victim.

该监控录像拍摄于3月31日的中国，男子在逃离受害女子时直接跑进了深圳龙岗区警察局。

The man was caught on the spot and escorted into the station by officers.

男子被民警当场抓住并送进了警局。

The clip posted by Pear Video on Chinese social media on April 8 showed a woman playing on her phone as she waited by a traffic junction² in Longgang district.

据在4月8日中国社会媒体上传的一段视频片段显示，这名女子在龙岗区一路口玩手机。

A man suddenly approached the woman and snatched the mobile phone from her hands.

一个男人突然接近受害者，从她手中抢走了手机。

The woman chased after him immediately but she tumbled on the wet floor.

那女人立刻追他，但她绊倒在湿漉漉的地上。

He quickly ran past a metal gate of a compound which turned out to be a police station.

小偷飞快跑进一金属大门，其实是警察局。

A police officer stopped him as the woman claimed that he had taken her phone.

一个警察拦截了他，因为那个女人控诉男子抢了她的电话。

A police officer told a reporter from Pear Video that the suspect was not familiar with the neighbourhood thus he ran into their police station without realising.

一名警官对梨视频的记者称，嫌疑人不熟悉这个地区，所以他没有意识到跑进了警察局。