Two members of a gang of three musketeers, who enacted mock street-fights and stole valuables from people engrossed in watching them beat up each other, were arrested by the Pydhonie police on Friday after the cops got a tip off that they would stage another fake fight.

According to the cops, two of the crooks would suddenly start attacking each other on the road, attracting a crowd of curious onlookers. As some of them would try to intervene and others were engrossed in the drama unfolding before their eyes, the third member of the gang would quietly go about doing his job -- picking pockets and decamping with wallets, chains and other valuables from a captive audience.