AP: Miscreants loot cell phones worth Rs 1 crore

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

Further investigation is still on to find out the miscreants behind the crime. Soon, they fled away with the truck containing around Rs 1 crore worth of cell phones and later stopped the vehicle at Gowravaram village and transferred the cell phones to another unidentified truck and fled from the spot.Locals who found the driver tied to the tree rescued him and informed the police. Cops said that the truck was transporting the cell phones costing between Rs 6,000 and Rs 14,000 apiece from Sri City, special economic zone to Kolkata.Cops also expressed suspicion that this could be a preplanned robbery attempt from someone within the company. Cops later found the empty truck parked on the side of the road. A robbery case was registered by Dagadarthi sub-inspector Ankamma.

VIJAYAWADA: In a major case of cell phone robbery , unidentified miscreants allegedly thrashed a lorry driver and robbed a truck load of cell phones of a particular brand near Dagadarthi village at National Highway 16 in Nellore district of Andhra Praesh in the wee hours of Wednesday.According to Kavali rural police, the incident happened while the truck driver stopped his vehicle to take rest.Around four miscreants allegedly thrashed him black and blue and tied him to a tree leaving him in an helpless position. Soon, they fled away with the truck containing around Rs 1 crore worth of cell phones and later stopped the vehicle at Gowravaram village and transferred the cell phones to another unidentified truck and fled from the spot.Locals who found the driver tied to the tree rescued him and informed the police. Cops later found the empty truck parked on the side of the road. Cops said that the truck was transporting the cell phones costing between Rs 6,000 and Rs 14,000 apiece from Sri City, special economic zone to Kolkata.Cops also expressed suspicion that this could be a preplanned robbery attempt from someone within the company. A robbery case was registered by Dagadarthi sub-inspector Ankamma. Further investigation is still on to find out the miscreants behind the crime.

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