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CALGARY Calgary police are asking for the public s assistance in identifying four suspects in connection to an armed robbery which happened in the southeast in late November. Just before 7 p.m. on Nov. 26, four men forced their way into a locked TELUS cellphone store at 33 Heritage Meadows Way S.E. Two store employees were assaulted and threatened with a weapon during the robbery. The suspects grabbed Apple products and fled the store. Both employees had non-life threatening injuries from the assault. The first suspect is described as 19 to 20 years old, around 5 5 to 5 6 tall, with a stocky build and high-pitched voice. He was wearing a puffy grey jacket during the robbery.
Police press campaign to stop the sale of ill-gotten cellphones
Calgary police have noticed a rise in the theft and sale of cellphones and hope those purchasing a possibly pilfered phone will check to see if the device has been flagged.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2020 3:53 PM MT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Det. Stephen Horton, with the Calgary police robbery unit, says consumers should check to see if a phone has been registered stolen before buying second-hand devices. (Helen Pike/CBC)
CALGARY With robberies at retail cell phone stores increasing in recent years, police in Calgary and Edmonton are teaming up to protect consumers. Around 600 phones have been reported stolen over the last two years, including 25 robberies this year in the province s two largest cities. Stolen cell phones are later resold online or in-person to unsuspecting buyers who are not aware they are purchasing a stolen device, Calgary police said in a release. Worse yet, buyers may end up purchasing a stolen cell phone that has had its International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number registered on the national blacklist, thereby rendering the device unusable.