Six schoolboys made to give DNA samples over school bag theft, two men have appeared in court accused of stealing a handbag from a pub in Edinburgh, and library users are urged to secure their belongings after a handbag is stolen.

Times tough for theft victim in New York, police are carrying out enquiries after a handbag was stolen from a 38-year-old woman, and a bag was stolen at a carol concert.

POLICE are warning shoppers in Woodbridge to be on their guard after purse dippers struck in the town, and a teen is charged with handbag theft from a car

Mum’s heartbreak as precious photos stolen, a woman alerted police after she recognized the thief who stole her $300 designer purse as she pulled up next to him at a gas station.

A gang of smash and grab thieves on mopeds have stolen designer handbags valued at £30,000 from the Salvatore Ferragamo boutique in central London.

A 19 year old male has been arrested and charged with robbery in New Zealand, a 72-year-old woman may have been robbed after she collapsed in Swansea, and disguised bag thieves plaguing Yemeni universities.

A car window was smashed and a handbag stolen from a car, and thieves stole a woman’s handbag from a hotel.

A 71 year old pensioner had her bag containing £200 stolen, and a 86-year-old had her purse snatched from her handbag which was in a shopping basket. Honolulu police need your help finding a man who stole a handbag, and a bag-snatcher on bike strikes 15 times.

An enthusiastic cab driver has helped three young police officers pursue an alleged bag snatcher and make four arrests, a car was broken into and a handbag with a substantial amount of money and belongings were stolen. Another bag was snatched from a car, and an elderly woman had her handbag stolen from a car when she was shopping

A bag thief strikes at recycling centre in New Zealand, an elderly woman injured during a bag snatch in Australia, and two men stole a woman’s handbag as she waited in a takeaway in England.

An 83-year-old German pensioner chased a thief less than half her age and berated the man until he returned her handbag, police have arrested a drive-by bag snatcher after he returned to a shop where he used a stolen ATM card to buy a mobile phone, and two Southampton footballers are bailed in bag theft probe.

OAP’s dismay at bag theft, and a man has been charged in connection with alleged handbag thefts in Aberdeen city centre. OAPs warned as shoppers targeted by bag snatchers, police find a stolen bag, and a nurse who was attacked by two thugs and robbed of her bag says she is scared to leave the house following the ordeal.

A young cancer patient’s stolen bag is recovered and a prolific bag thief is back behind bars after breaching an anti-social behaviour order a week after getting out of jail.

French Man accused of attempted bag snatch, a bishop had sacred items stolen from a car, and a 79-year-old woman had her handbag stolen in a Shopping Centre washroom in Canada.

A woman had her bag stolen in Sainsbury’s, another woman had her bag stolen and there is a warning on insurance for handbags and man-bags.

A woman lost her bag to a thief after she left it unattended for 10 while she went to the restroom in America, and a 60-year-old woman was dragged to the floor and had her handbag stolen in England. A woman described by a judge as “a determined and systematic fraudster” was caught after she tried to open an store account using a false identity obtained after a woman had her handbag stolen.

Another woman’s handbag was stolen with such force she was left with bruised fingers, and purses disappear from a McDonald’s.