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Asunción robbery ends with cell phones recovered via GPS
🇵🇾 Paraguay /Crime & Justice

Asunción robbery ends with cell phones recovered via GPS

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Police in Asunción recovered four stolen cell phones using GPS tracking.
  • The phones were stolen from an electronics store during an aggravated robbery.
  • A motorcycle believed to be used by the suspects was also seized.

Four stolen cell phones were recovered by Paraguayan police in Asunción thanks to GPS tracking activated by the victim. The devices were taken during an aggravated robbery at an electronics store on Tuesday morning.

According to police chief Germán Chena, two individuals entered the store and stole four cell phones and a portable speaker before fleeing the scene. The victim's quick action in activating the GPS tracking system on the stolen phones allowed police to pinpoint their location in the Santa Ana neighborhood.

Officers responded to the location and found the phones abandoned on the side of a slope near Antequera and 40 Proyectadas streets. The recovered devices were identified as an iPhone 13, a Samsung Galaxy S22, an Infinix Note 50, and a Tecno Camon. During the same operation, police also found and seized a black Kenton GTR motorcycle without a license plate hidden in a nearby alley. The motorcycle's characteristics matched those seen in surveillance footage from the robbery, leading police to believe it was used by the perpetrators.

Police are currently working to identify and apprehend the suspects. The seized motorcycle and phones have been transferred to the Public Ministry for further proceedings.

The signal led to the low-lying area of the Santa Ana neighborhood.

— Comisario Germán ChenaExplaining how the police located the stolen phones.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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