In Split, the French consul's passport was also stolen

Be careful of theft, a message we can send after the information that in Croatia more and more locals and guests are left without money, documents, cards and travel documents, reports the news agency Patria.

As Slobodna Dalmacija unofficially learns from police circles, the number of thefts in the wider Split area has increased because the number of guests has also increased.

Statistics from the Croatian National Tourist Board already confirm that this season will be the best in the last 20 years, and that it will most likely surpass the pre-crisis year of 2008.

Gérard Denegri, the French consul in Split, was also a victim of thieves on Sunday.

"I don't know what the percentage is, but I can say that there are many, many more thefts this year than last year. At first, I was surprised how often foreigners, mostly young people, come to the consulate in the summer and complain that they have been left without passports, personal documents and money, and then the same thing happened to me. They 'eased' me at the entrance to the Podrum. I assume it happened in the crowd at the entrance. These are professionals, like those on the metro in big cities. I read that they are Bulgarian women. Who knows? Anyway, they are certainly not ordinary thieves," Denegri said breathlessly.