Springs police spokesman, Capt Johannes Ramphora, stated that the woman says she carried her handbag over her right shoulder, when someone grabbed it and ran away.
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The handbag contained an undisclosed amount of cash, a cellphone and the woman’s make-up.
Ramphora says the woman blacklisted her cellphone after the incident.
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