4 mobile snatchers arrested; Would sell Surat handsets in Bengaluru; 100 phones recovered

Surat: Rander police have nabbed four individuals involved in a scam of selling snatched and stolen mobile phones in Bangalore.

Initially, Rander police head constable Vipul Shambhabhai and police constable Arjun Raghubhai caught Arbaz alias Manjro Navshad Pathan (19 years old, selling chicken) and his sister’s husband, Jamil Mohammad Hanifsha (24 years old, selling vegetables), from their residence in Morabhagal. Four mobile phones were seized from them. During the inquiry, the police discovered that they had been selling the mobile phones to rickshaw driver Shahid alias Liti Nurali Saiyad (23 years old, residing in Kosad awas, Amroli).

The police nabbed Shahid and conducted an inquiry into his involvement. Subsequently, they nabbed Mohammad Hussain alias Tausif Shabir Saiyad (32 years old, residing in Alfala apartment, Haripura, Surat). A raid was conducted at his residence, leading to the recovery of 109 stolen and snatched mobile phones. As a result, the police were able to solve 31 cases of mobile phone snatching. The seized items, worth Rs 14.60 lakh, included 117 mobile phones valued at Rs 11 lakh, a Pulsar bike, a rickshaw, a Bergman moped, and Rs 1 lakh in cash.

During the investigation, it was revealed that Mohammad Hussain had been selling the snatched and stolen mobile phones in Bangalore. The police discovered 109 such mobile phones stored in a box at his residence. These mobile phones were not only stolen or snatched in Surat but also in other cities such as Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Kosamba, Navsari, Vadodara, and more. DeshGujarat