Cops told me not to try to get my phone back from tower block
MEN on Sunday|January 01, 2023
Canadian tourist's mobile has been tracked to Salford flats but he says police warned him not to go there
NEAL KEELING
Cops told me not to try to get my phone back from tower block

A CANADIAN tourist who had his phone taken in Manchester is facing a Christmas nightmare.

The device contains more than 100 treasured pictures of his late grandmother.

Behbood Hussain knows exactly where his phone is in a tower block in Salford. But police have advised him not to enter the building and start asking questions.

They advise into the to and put C in da Canadian Hus: He lost his Samsung S22 Ultra in a black case on December 27th. "Through Samsung's Find My Mobile web application I was able to find out the phone was in a specific tower block in Salford. It is a multi-storey with about 80 flats.

"I went there with a relative and then called at Pendleton Police Station nearby, but it was not open to the public. We went to Swinton but that had closed too.

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