Stragen's got people from the local thieves' community watching him.

'Were you able to make contact with the local thieves?'

'We have to make contact with the local thieves,' Stragen explained.

The local thieves aren't going to be much help, I'm afraid.

It was mid-morning, and the local thieves were beginning to stir.

Is it at all possible that some of the local thieves might have seen any of them?

Also, some props have been stolen by local thieves one night.

The chief of the local thieves is a man named Estokin.

I don't know which are worse, local thieves or cursed Egyptologists.

Cell phones are of particular interest to local thieves.