Cell phone thief held

Five smartphones worth about Rs.1 lakh recovered

Mysuru: V.V. Puram Police have arrested a 24-year-old youth on charges of stealing smartphones and have recovered five phones worth about Rs.1 lakh from him.

The arrested is Ashoka, a resident of Madhuvanahalli, Ramanathapura hobli, Arakalgud taluk in Hassan district.

On May 28, Ashoka was trying to sell the stolen smartphones at throw-away prices on Kalidasa Road, when the V.V. Puram Police arrested him. The Police have also recovered one Samsung, one Vivo, one HTC, one Redmi Note 5 and one Spice smartphone, all worth about Rs.1 lakh from him.

DCP M. Muthuraj, and N.R. Sub-Division ACP Dharnesh supervised V.V. Puram Inspector H.N. Vinay and staff Somashekar, Prasanna, Eeranna, Divakar and Suresh in the nabbing and recovery operation.

This post was published on May 29, 2019 7:38 pm