The Pune Police have arrested three suspects for ordering high-end mobile phones online and then swapping them with bars of soap before returning them to delivery executives, citing inadequate cash as the reason to not complete the transaction.
The suspects used a cell phone with fraudulent KYC verification to order the high-end phones via cash on delivery, with delivery addresses being hotels.
The suspects would distract delivery drivers while swapping the phone for soap and then return the package. The police have reportedly seized three high-end phones allegedly obtained fraudulently in the operation.