Cops bust snatching syndicate; 6 arrested
Delhi Police
has busted an inter-state mobile phone snatching and smuggling racket, arresting six individuals—including a snatcher, a receiver, a courier company employee, two West Bengal-based smugglers, and the snatcher's wife.
The racket came to light on June 25 following a spate of mobile phone snatchings in east Delhi's Preet Vihar, Mandawali, and Patparganj Industrial Area. "The anti-narcotics squad reviewed over 400 CCTV clips and identified Salman (37), a habitual offender from New Usmanpur. He was arrested along with the scooty used in at least six reported snatching cases," said DCP (East) Abhishek Dhania.
During interrogation, Salman revealed that he would hand over the stolen phones to Shafi Ahmad alias Teepu, who in turn routed them through Bhupendra, an employee at a courier company.
Bhupendra confessed to sending the devices to Malda, West Bengal, in exchange for a commission.
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A police team then travelled to Malda and apprehended two more suspects—Mohammad Rehman Sekh (35) and Emarul Kayues (36)—who admitted to smuggling the stolen phones into Bangladesh. Police recovered 27 stolen mobile phones from their possession.
The financial trail led investigators to Salman's wife, Gulbahar (37), who was found receiving payments from the illegal phone transactions into her bank account. tnn
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