Boy arrested after Olympic torch snatch bid in Gravesend A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after attempting to grab the Olympic Torch. The teenager treed to snatch the Olympic flame from a woman torchbearer in Rochester Road, Gravesend, at about 9.55am today but was pushed away by officers within a matter of seconds, Kent Police said. The youth, from Gravesend, is currently in police custody. The BBC 2012 Twitter feed said the torch was being carried by Anna Skora, 23, from Lublin in Poland, at the time. No-one was injured in the incident and the torch continued on its way without disruption, police said.