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A violent street thief who punched a woman was caught by police after leaving a trail of stolen banknotes behind him. The man made off with a bag containing €5,800 (£5,000) in cash that a woman had won in a casino. ‌

Police in Alicante were called to reports of a woman being chased by a man before she was robbed and punched in the nose. ‌

When police arrived and came to her aid, she pointed out the direction in which her attacker had fled. The Policia Nacional set up a cordon to close off possible escape routes for the thief. ‌

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But within minutes, they found him trying to run away, as banknotes flew out of the stolen bag onto the street.

The female victim told police she was walking to her hotel in the city centre after leaving a gaming salo

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