Vijayawada, Aug 25
As many as 255 laptops were stolen from a container truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district, said officials on Monday.
The heist is suspected to have occurred on Saturday, but came to light on Sunday when the transport company lodged a complaint with the police.
The container, which was on its way from Mumbai to Chennai, was found abandoned at a dhaba near Medarametla village in Korisapadu mandal of Bapatla district.
The mobile phones of both the driver and cleaner were switched off. They are suspected of having escaped after stealing the laptops. Police have formed special teams to trace them.
According to police, the container truck belonging to SFCPL Transport with 255 laptops and 150 printers of HP was heading to Chennai from Mumbai. Four more container trucks of the company were also travelling on the same route. The company had installed a door lock alarm in all the containers.