The Kotturpuram police have arrested two people for snatching a person’s mobile phone in Chennai’s Kotturpuram. The buyer of the stolen cell phone was also arrested, police said.

Following a complaint filed by Ganesan, a resident of Kotturpuram, who alleged that two people in a two-wheeler snatched his mobile phone while he was walking on Ponniamman Koil in Kotturpuram last week, the police arrested him V. Rahul, 19, of Triplicane and S. Nitish Kumar, 18, of Thiruvanmiyur.

After questioning the accused, the police identified the buyer of the stolen phone as H. Mubarak Basha, 22, of Korukkupet. Investigations revealed that they were involved in a number of phone snatching cases in areas like Thiruvanmiyur and Velachery.