Liquor Store Clerk Arrested for Buying Stolen Cell Phones

Berkeley Police Department detectives, in conjunction with California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents, arrested a liquor store employee for purchasing apparent stolen cellular phones.

The M&H Market and Liquor store located at the corner of Fairview Street and Adeline Street was part of a month-long investigation focused on identifying businesses that buy and sell stolen goods, according to a BPD release.

During surveillance operations a clerk was seen buying stolen cell phones on several occasions, the release said.

On March 22, 2013, detectives arrested market employee Alawdi Saleh, 59, of Berkeley, for knowingly purchasing phones which appeared to be stolen.

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