Police nabbed pickpockets utilizing Location characteristic on cell phone

The location characteristic on the cell phone helped the Wilson Garden police monitor down two concerned in serial pickpocketing on shifting BMTC buses on Saturday.

Following a cellular theft case from a passenger of a BMTC bus from Majestic to Banashankari, the police swung into motion and tracked down two accused and recovered seven stolen cellphones from them.

The police tracked the placement and rushed to the spot earlier than zeroing in on two individuals inside hours. The duo, recognized as Kavadi Parashuram, 34, and his affiliate Saathipati Premkumar, 19, are from Dhone taluk of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

Farooq Pasha M.G., inspector, Wilson Garden, who led the operation, mentioned that the duo have been recurring offenders and used to come back to town to pickpocket in crowded buses. They selected essentially the most crowded routes and utilizing their expertise stole valuables and received down within the center earlier than returning to Majestic for the subsequent journey.

After committing a collection of thefts, they’d return and promote the stolen valuables within the gray market, he mentioned.

This is the second such incident the place utilizing expertise, the police have cracked circumstances. Just a few days in the past, a gang concerned in a collection of home break thefts was arrested after a stolen pair of AirPods helped investigators monitor them via the ‘Find My gadget’ characteristic.

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