SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police are sounding the alarm tonight as jugging crimes continue to surge across the city—many now tied to organized crews traveling in from Houston.

Jugging is when thieves stake out bank parking lots, watch customers withdraw money, then follow them for miles and strike the moment the victim stops. SAPD says these criminals are “out right now,” targeting local banks.

"From there, they'll spot a potential victim and follow them around throughout the city, wherever they stop, if they go home, if they make some stops in between, they'll follow them," said Detective Nathan Zachary with SAPD’s Property Crimes Unit.

Detective Zachary says the losses in jugging cases vary wildly.

“We’ve seen from where they’ve only taken $20 to up to $90,000 in one incident,” he sa

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