POLICE believe pickpockets were operating in Pickering yesterday.
A number of women reported their purses missing while shopping in the market place.
Among the victims were a 33-year-old local woman and a 72-year-old from Hull who was in the Ryedale market town on holiday.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police urged anyone with any information to contact them on 0845 60 60 247.
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