Female pickpocket gang causing chaos on Dublin Bus as pensioner allegedly robbed of €80k worth of jewellery

Exclusive: Bus drivers described how they have on multiple occasions reported a gang of female pickpockets, who usually get onto their buses from Dublin’s Dorset Street

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• 20:01, 22 MAY 2024

A gang of pickpockets is causing chaos on Dublin Bus routes across the capital – and recently swiped €80,000 worth of diamond rings from a pensioner.

Dublin Bus drivers say they’re growing frustrated over what they say is a lack of response by management and gardai over a spate of recent pickpocket incidents by the same gang.Bus drivers described how they have on multiple occasions reported a gang of female pickpockets, who usually get onto their buses from Dublin’s Dorset Street – but the group are seemingly still getting away with itAnd recently, on May 9, a pensioner was left stunned when an envelope full of diamond rings, which he was delivering on behalf of a jewellery company, was swiped by the cunning pickpockets.

“He boarded the 16 bus on D’Olier Street on a Thursday and it was packed so he was standing when all of a sudden this woman fell on top of him basically.

“He was carrying two envelopes on behalf of someone else, and one of them contained diamond rings which are estimated to be around €80,000 in value.

“They probably didn’t know he had that much on him, but they managed to get them off him nonetheless.”

The man immediately reported the loss to the bus driver – and the vehicle was thoroughly searched – but nothing was found – and the incident is now the subject of a garda investigation.