Two migrants were collared for a rash of moped raids where they snatched jewelry from unsuspecting New Yorkers, law enforcement sources said – as the number of scooter-borne robberies explodes citywide.
Luis Tovar Pacheco and Alvaro Martinez — Venezuela citizens living in the Bronx — were busted after a domestic violence complaint at Pacheco’s Laconia Avenue, police sources told The Post.
The arrests come on the heels of a Monday bust that locked up two other migrant men allegedly involved in a separate thieves’ ring that’s been stealing people’s cellphones right out of their hands, then hacking the devices and cleaning out the linked bank accounts.
But the sticky fingered pair picked up yesterday weren’t looking for cellphones — instead, they were searching for well-to-do New Yorkers wearing Rolexes, gold bracelets, watches or other jewelry, police sources said.
Then they’d flash a handgun and relieve the victims of their trappings before blend back into the many millions who call the Big Apple home.