The backpack is pulled ashore Photo: Spreepicture
By Dirk Boettger
Thanks to mobile phone tracking, the thief was caught!
A teenager stole a man’s cell phone in Prenzlauer Berg using the so-called Antanz trick. However, the perpetrator was unlucky: the owner had activated the location function on his iPhone 13 and was thus able to find the location.
A hunt across the city began, in which the experienced investigators of the Operational Group Youth Violence (OGJ) were also involved.
At the Gotzkowsky Bridge in Moabit, the officers noticed a young man with a backpack who matched the description of the perpetrator and the location. Access!
The cell phone thief was arrested
Photo: Spreepicture
The mobile phone thief tried to get rid of his booty and threw it into the Spree. But here, too, the perpetrator was unlucky: the backpack with the loot didn’t sink, but floated on the Spree.
The fire brigade provided a lifeline and so the backpack could be pulled towards the shore.
An officer fished the loot out with a hook. The police found the mobile phone and other stolen mobile phones and stolen goods in the backpack.