Gang of Thieves Tracked by Police on Phone GPS

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:42 am

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): A group of burglars broke into a house and stole a mobile phone and about US$4,000 then ran away, but the GPS tracking system connected to the phone gave away their location, and four out of the seven thieves were arrested the next morning at 9:30 a.m. on December 12, 2022, at a rented room in Chak Chrouk Village, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh.

The police said that there were seven suspects in the group, but three others have fled and are being sought. According to a police officer, the suspects arrested by the police were:
1. Ma Buntha, 32 years old Occupation: Construction worker, living in Prey Chisak village, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Senchey, 2-Name: Chham Ren, 15 years old, Residence In Sangkat Niroth, Khan Chbar Ampov,
3-Phorn Dany, 29 years old, Sangkat Choam Chao III, Khan Por Sen Chey
4-Ream Villa, 21 years old, Occupation: Vegetable seller Khan Por Sen Chey.

Meanwhile, the woman who owns the money and the phone is 22-year-old Yaya alias Yong, who lives in Por Sen Chey. Prior to the incident, on the evening of December 11, 2022, the victim closed the door of the house on the ground floor by locking from the inside, then went up to sleep on the first floor. Later, the above group of thieves broke the door lock and stole an iPhone worth more than $ 1,000 and $4,000 in cash from the house. Then the gang escaped without knowing that the stolen phone was connected to a GPS tracking system.

The same source added that the victim went to file a complaint at the Chaom Chao Ty police station. Using the GPS tracking system from the stolen telephone, the police discovered that the gang of thieves were hiding in a room in a rented house in Chak Chrouk village, Samrong Krom commune, and they went to surround the house. Police found the four suspects taking drugs together, but when they saw the police, they fled into the forest.

But in the end, the suspects could not escape and were arrested by the police, 4 people were taken for questioning and to build a case file. Meanwhile, the other three members of the gang have not been arrested yet. The woman recovered her phone and the money.

Kangaruchi · Post by **Kangaruchi** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:34 pm

You don't need GPS, although it makes it easier for the police, as all mobiles have an IMEI which is a unique identifier and is transmitted to the network continuously even when the phone is turned off, the only way to stop it is to remove the battery which is impossible with the vast majority of phones.
Using the basestations the location of the the phone can be pinpointed, so you can be tracked every second of every day

, who mentioned big brother.
So by using the IMEI the police could I either arrest the perp, or the receiver or get the manufacturer to zap the IMEI rendering the phone useless. Either approach would pretty much eliminate phone theft and reduce the resultant deaths that have occurred through bag snatching.

Why don't they?
Many years ago I was involved in the industry in a western country, at the time you could insure your mobile so the police and insurance companies approached the service provider and asked them to do it, the service provider said OK but it is going to take resources to do & it will cost you, police and insurance companies walked out, I guess the same applies everywhere

newkidontheblock · Post by **newkidontheblock** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:37 am

The police do it in western countries when there is a need … missing person presumed murdered, major drug dealer, etc. Not a just a stolen phone.

Resources used to improve cell reception and data transfer rates for everyone via the cell towers are then diverted to triangulating this phone.

On the other hand, a GPS signal broadcast from a phone uses few resources and doesn’t affect everyone’s signal and data transmission.

This being the Kingdom of Wonder, such knowledge is probably beyond the reach of local police.

Just my opinions, of course.

Albror · Post by **Albror** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:57 pm

Got back a iphone 13 like this before.

It detects nearby Bluetooth from other apple devices and does so to get a location even if the phone is of and without service so as soon they went trying to sell the phone at a phone shop where there were many other phones around those phones gave a location for the find my phone function.

A reminder to turn on the function for those who hasn't.