Mobile phone snatchers arrested in Noida

Noida: Two persons were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in several snatching cases in the city

Noida: Two persons were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in several snatching cases in the city. A juvenile was also apprehended, the police said, adding that six mobile phones were recovered from the possession of the suspects.

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The two suspects were identified as Sahil, 22, and Wasim, 20, residents of Khajoori Khas in Delhi. The identity of the juvenile, 15, is withheld.

Sudhir Kumar, in-charge of Sector 24 police station, said that police received information that the three suspects would be moving on a motorcycle near Metro Hospital crossing in Sector 12. “A police team was deployed at the crossing. The suspects reached the spot but they tried to escape after they spotted the police team. The police team chased them and forced them to stop near Mother Dairy booth in Sector 11,” he said.

According to the police, the suspects had snatched one of the phones from a woman two days ago in Noida Sector 12. They used to roam around different sectors and snatch mobile phones and sold them at cheap rates, they said.

A case has been registered against them under Section 414 (assisting in concealment of stolen property) of IPC. The two suspects were produced in court and sent to judicial custody while the juvenile was produced before the child welfare committee and then sent to a juvenile home, the police said.