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- A group of 11 individuals from Meerut traveled to Kerala by air and used motorcycles transported by train to commit copper cable thefts.
- The gang targeted abandoned copper cables belonging to BSNL because of their high scrap value.
- Local police apprehended all members of the group in Kannur, Thrissur, and Kochi following alerts and suspicious activity reports.
- The arrests highlight the ongoing issue of copper cable theft from decommissioned telecommunications networks.
What to watch next
- Potential recovery of stolen copper assets
- Further investigation into the scope of cable theft targeting BSNL infrastructure
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B V Vijaya Bharath Reddy
Kannur City Police Commissioner
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“We have nabbed five of the gang, who had landed at Kannur airport from Delhi on September 19. They had already sent their bikes to Kannur on September 9. Our patrolling team on Sunday night spotted a five-member gang under suspicious circumstances and found they had concealed cable cutters on their bodies. Upon questioning them, we found the gang had reached Kannur with the intention of robbery”
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…worth of loot. Then, the police swept in and arrested all of them. On Monday, Kannur City Police Commissioner B V Vijaya Bharath Reddy said they had made the arrests after an alert from the Thrissur City Police. “ We have nabbed five of the gang, who had landed at Kannur airport from Delhi on September 19. They had already sent their bikes to Kannur on September 9. Our patrolling team on Sunday night spotted a five-member gang under suspicious circumstances and found they had concealed cable cutters on their bodies. Upon questioning them, we found the gang had reached Kannur with the intention of robbery ,” the commissioner said, adding that the others were arrested for Thrissur. The officer said that upon questioning the arrested gang, it was found that their target was to steal copper cables in abandoned BSNL cable…
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