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Robbers nabbed thanks to GPS phone in loot
by Staff Writers
Nanterre, France (AFP) Aug 29, 2012

Two robbers who held up a post office in the Parisian suburbs Wednesday were caught 40 minutes later thanks to a GPS-enabled phone they snatched from one of the employees.

The two men had made off with 11,000 euros but they paid the price for being greedy as police quickly located the high-tech phone and the culprits.

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