Kol cops bust Cambodia SIM racket, arrest four

Kolkata: The bank fraud section at KP’s detective department has busted a gang that smuggled pre-activated SIM cards of an Indian private cellular operator from Kolkata to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. These cards were used for cyber crimes, said police. Four persons from South 24 Parganas have been arrested.
“Cyber criminals in Cambodia used the SIMs. On April 3, a consignment booked with a private courier for Phnom Penh was intercepted and 361 pre-activated SIM cards were found in lids of two coffee bottles.Of them, 243 SIMs were issued from 15 POS under Kolkata Police,” said additional CP (I) Murlidhar Sharma. tnn