WITNESS APPEAL: £5k worth of phones stolen from Swindon store

By Claire Dukes - 15 February 2019

Community

Wiltshire Police are appealing for the public's help in identifying three men after nearly £5,000 worth of mobile phones were stolen from a Swindon store.

The three men entered Carphone Warehouse, Regents Street, Swindon, just before 4pm on 17 January this year and helped themselves to a variety of display Samsung phones - two S9s, and A7, a Note 9 and two S9+s - worth in the region of £4,800.

PC Keith MacDonald said: "From our investigations so far, this high-value theft appears to be linked to a national gang who have been targeting a series of stores across the country in a similar fashion.

"Do you know who they are? Or were you in the area at the time and have some information that may help us to identify them? Maybe you've been offered one of the stolen phones - any piece of information, no matter how small or insignificant, could be vital to our investigation."  

PC MacDonald also warned anyone buying the phones thinking they had secured a bargain. He added: "I would urge anyone who is offered these phones to decline the offer and let us know instead.

"Not only would you be purchasing stolen goods but you would be getting a lot less than you expect - the phones all have limited function as they have display software loaded and will not work properly."

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quote crime reference number 54190005665. Use Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 to report anonymously.

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