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Police are working to locate the stolen goods and find out others involved in the theft.

Police said an FIR was registered in Karnataka on Sunday based on a complaint filed by Rajesh Kumar, an executive with Camions Logistics Solutions Pvt Ltd.

It was found that 432 Amazon packets kept in the vehicle, with an estimated value of Rs 18.67 lakh, had been stolen, police said.

How Amazon Container Robbery Was Unfolded?

Two drivers of the company, Muwarik and Pankaj Kumar, were driving the vehicle. On the night of October 10, the GPS signal of the vehicle suddenly went off. The company’s tracking team traced the location and found the vehicle parked on the roadside near Goraldaku Gate, Hiriyur tehsil in Chitradurga district in Karnataka, said Rajesh Kumar.

When the team reached the spot, Muwarik said Pankaj gave him a cold drink near Belgaum, after which he became unconscious. When he regained consciousness, Pankaj was missing, and the rear portion of the vehicle was found cut open.

4 Arrested In Haryana

Four men have been arrested in Nuh, Haryana, for their alleged involvement in robbing a container carrying Amazon orders worth Rs 18 lakh that was en route to Bengaluru, police said.

According to officials, the accused had planned to sell the stolen goods in Nuh and Palwal districts of Haryana. The stolen items, however, are yet to be recovered.

All four suspects, arrested on Friday, have been handed over to the Karnataka Police for further investigation. Nuh police spokesperson said that a team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) nabbed the four men in Tauru area on Tuesday.

They were identified as Salman, Shahrukh, Shokeen — residents of Mamola village in Palwal; and Tayyab, a resident of Sabras in Nuh. Police also recovered a truck from their possession, which was used to transport the stolen goods, he added.

“All the accused were handed over to the Karnataka Police team after necessary questioning,” the spokesperson of Nuh police said.

(With Inputs From PTI)