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Around 70 identity cards issued by government and private agencies were found in letter boxes installed across the city in the past six months. Chennai has 216 post offices and nearly 2,000 letter boxes.Postal department sources said the documents included voter cards, pan cards, driving licences and Aadhaar cards. The person must produce an ID proof to receive the document at the post office, he said. CHENNAI: Handwritten letters may have gone out of vogue, at least as a communication tool, and junction boxes of power discoms or internet providers may be more conspicuous than letter boxes , but pickpockets have found a way to put these humble red boxes, otherwise gathering dust, to use.In Chennai, the letter boxes have become depositories of identity cards that were stolen along with wallets. “This could be some good Samaritan depositing these identity cards found on road” the official said.Of the 70 such instances since April, post offices in Anna Nagar, Chintadripet, Guindy and GPO areas accounted for 10 each..