Police have busted racket involving the theft of expensive mobile phones sent to the country through courier service and arrested six suspects including employees of the said courier service and labourers from a manpower agency. Three suspects are employed as supervisors at the courier service while another 06 suspects are labourers of a manpower service which provides labourers to the courier service. Further investigations are being conducted by the DCDB Negombo, the police spokesman said. He stated that the arrested suspects have been produced before the Negombo Magistrate yesterday and they were ordered remanded until the 10th of May, 2021. He requested those with the same complaint in respect of the loss of an iPhone or any other mobile phone through the same courier service, to kindly contact the OIC of the DCDB Negombo (071-4024042) for further investigations.

Source: The Nation May 09, 2021 10:02 UTC