Local Police in Vélez-Málaga arrested an alleged bag snatcher after her intended victim resisted and both women ended up on the ground locked in combat.
The incident happened at a bus stop in avenida Juan Carlos I. A passing police patrol car saw the scuffle break out after one woman, the alleged thief, forcibly tugged at the handbag of a woman standing at the bus stop. The two women then engaged in a scuffle and ended up on the ground.
Both women required treatment at the local health centre.