Police have charged eight offenders after an investigation into a number of linked offences involving phone for sale online., Queensland Police say
Officers from the Inala Tactical Crime Squad have been investigating after a number of complaints have been received over the past 6 months.
Police will allege that iPhones were advertised online by the victims and the offenders arrange to meet them to view the phones.
It will be alleged that when the two parties meet, the offenders have stolen property from the victims.
A culmination of the investigation resulted in a number of search warrants which located a large amount of alleged stolen property worth over $5000.
A total of eight people, a mixture of adults and juveniles, have been charged with a total of 42 charges including fraud, burglary, stealing as well as a number of drug and property offences.
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