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Stolen laptops recovered

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SAFE RECOVERY: R. Nataraj, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner, handing over the recovered laptops to HP company officials. Also seen are (L to R) G.U.G. Sastry, Joint Commissioner, South and S.Murugan, Deputy Commissioner.— Photo: S.Thanthoni

CHENNAI: Police have recovered 70 stolen laptops following the arrest of three persons who have been charged with pilfering the equipment from an airline cargo.

The Greater Chennai Police Commissioner, R.Nataraj, restored the laptops to Hewlett Packard company authorities on Thursday.

S. Murugan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said the HP imported 700 laptops from China. The consignment brought in by an Emirates Air flight on June 18 was kept in the airport cargo complex.

That night, police said, Ravi, who works with Qatar Airways and Dhanusu, a temporary employee with Indian Airlines, allegedly opened two boxes and removed 96 laptops and transferred them into a truck standing near the airport perimeter wall. The stolen laptops were then sold to Anandhan of Ekkaduthangal at Rs. 16,000 each, Mr. Murugan said.

The company filed a complaint and a special police team traced the offenders to Bangalore. It recovered 70 of the stolen laptops, valued at Rs. 35 lakhs, as also Rs. 2.50 lakhs in cash. The truck used for transporting the stolen property was also seized, he said. G.U.G. Sastry, Joint Commissioner of Police, South, said it was the first time the police recovered such a huge quantity of stolen articles from the air cargo complex. Police arrested Ravi, Dhanusu and their associate Palani.

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