Yakob Harket, 21, was caught in a Metropolitan Police crackdown operation when he targeted the officers at Hays Mews in Mayfair, west London, on the evening of October 10 last year.CCTV footage showed the suspect approaching from behind as the officers, who were posing as a couple with their arms linked, walked past a parked car, before he reached out to snatch the exposed watch from the female officer's wrist.

Yakob Harket, 21, was caught in a Metropolitan Police crackdown operation when he targeted the officers at Hays Mews in Mayfair, west London, on the evening of October 10 last year.CCTV footage showed the suspect approaching from behind as the officers, who were posing as a couple with their arms linked, walked past a parked car, before he reached out to snatch the exposed watch from the female officer's wrist.