WATCH: Trash picker boy steals wallet in Karachi

Street crimes in Karachi are on the rise with every passing days and one such incident was caught on camera in Karachi's Water Pump area.

A video showed a trash picker boy picking a wallet kept in the side cover of a motorbike in the Water Pump area.

The boy reportedly said to be an Afghani fled the scene after picking up the wallet. 

Earlier, this year, CCTV footage revealed a distressing incident where two armed robbers snatched a motorcycle from a citizen in Karachi.

The incident was reported from Karachi’s Nazimabad area where two street criminals snatched a bike at gunpoint and swift escaped from the scene.

The footage showed the armed robbers on a bike overtake the citizen, forced him to stop. The Suzuki driver passing through the street also stopped when he witnessed the incident. The citizens passing by thought it was an accident and approached the victim, at that moment the accused waved a pistol.

The two motorcycle-riding robbers completed the robbery in barely 15 seconds and fled the scene. The footage revealed that the culprits had been tracking the citizen before the incident.