The accused, Ravi Kumar and Rajat Sehrawat, were arrested yesterday in Mahipalpur and police recovered 1,619 mobile phones and tablets, said additional DCP-I (South) Nupur Prasad.
The duo were arrested in connection with police investigation of a complaint by a transporter Ravi Sehrawat that his driver Subodh had failed to deliver the container of mobile phones and tablets to Delhi on the date of delivery and his phone was switched off, at Mehrauli police station on August 3.
Police received information that the stolen containers were taken away from the truck in smaller vehicles and zeroed in on Ravi who worked as a driver.
During interrogation, Ravi and Rajat told police that Amit, Virender and Sharavan are the masterminds behind the thefts.
They also revealed that they used to offer money to drivers of different cargo companies for leaving their vehicles containing boxes of mobile phones and tabs at isolated places, added the officer.