Button-sized GPS trackers helped in tracking gang
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Two button-sized GPS trackers saved in the packaging of pawned gold as a precautionary measure by Muthoot Finance’s Hosur department led to the arrest of males carrying the gold in a container truck.
Sources in the Muthoot Finance mentioned that the department workers had saved the SIM card related GPS trackers in two of the packages, and regardless that the dacoits had carried a sign jamming machine, they didn’t verify whether or not it was working and it turned out that it was not.
This omission on their half, in a rush to flee with the booty price ₹ 7.5 crore, served the Telangana police favourably.
“Taking a cue from previous incidents, we keep GPS trackers in a few packets when there is a lot of gold in the chest, and this came in handy for the investigators with whom we shared the links of the tracking devices,” an official informed The Hindu. “Fortunately, we were able to connect to the GPS links and track the gold, after the five accused travelling in an SUV were caught near Tondupally toll plaza,” an officer related to the investigation of the case mentioned. The gang members had been conscious of the trackers as they tried to rob a Muthoot department in Ludhiana of Punjab.
Stating that the dacoits have used ‘outstanding technology’ to commit the offence, he mentioned the inter-State armed gang didn’t use SIM playing cards for calls.
“Instead they purchased a wireless internet router of a leading telecom company and communicated through ‘untraceable’ internet calls,” the officer mentioned on situation of anonymity. The dacoits hid the gold and firearms in a secret cavity behind the motive force’s seat of the container lorry and it was exhausting to seek out, he mentioned.
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