Hyderabad police arrest three in mobile phone-snatching racket, recover 17 phones
Hyderabad's Narayanguda police arrested three men allegedly involved in a mobile phone-snatching racket and recovered 17 mobile phones and a scooter. Investigators traced the suspects using CCTV footage and technical evidence and suspect their involvement in several similar cases across the city.
Hyderabad: The Narayanguda Police arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in a mobile phone snatching racket and recovered 17 mobile phones and a scooter on Wednesday.
The suspects – Mohd Zafer, Mohd Ather and Lalatendu Behera alias Nilu Behra- allegedly snatched mobile phones from pedestrians near Narayanguda Metro Station and Reddy Women’s College before selling them to the receiver.
The trio was arrested in Musheerabad after police analysed CCTV footage and technical evidence and traced them.
Police said the gang is also linked to multiple similar cases registered in different police station limits across the city.
