{"id":105040,"date":"2019-10-30T11:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T10:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=105040"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:32","slug":"student-robbed-of-phone-in-polak-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/30\/student-robbed-of-phone-in-polak-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Student got her phone stolen in Polak building"},"content":{"rendered":"

A student was studying at the second floor of the Polak building when her smartphone got stolen. A man approached her to ask for directions. \u201cHe asked where the library was and I explained that to him\u201d, she says. The man had placed a notebook on the things in front of her.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen he left, I realised that my phone was gone.\u201d She is quite shocked: \u201cI always take my phone and laptop with me when I leave my desk, so it\u2019s really shocking that this happened right in front of my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dark blue van<\/h2>

She realised almost immediately that the man had stolen her iPhone. \u201cTogether with the student who was sitting next to me, I ran after him. However, he and some other men jumped into a dark blue van and drove away.\u201d According to her, the man looked drugged. \u201cHe is certainly not a student, he was middle-aged.\u201d<\/p>\n

The phone is now in Belgium, it turned out when she traced the device. She has reported the theft to the police. A university spokesperson has confirmed that the incident took place and that the investigation has started. At the moment, the university can\u2019t say more about the incident.<\/p>\n\n\t

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In 2017 the Library had problems with theft<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t