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The days of criminals hiding behind the anonymity of prepaid cell phones could be numbered.
Police are supporting a proposal for all prepaid customers to be registered on a national database in a bid to trace criminal activity.
Detective Senior Sergeant Darrin Thomson says the criminal use of prepaid cellphones is on the rise and a register of cellphone users would make life much easier for police.
He says if a national database base helps police catch more offenders, then it would be good for the community.
Mr Thomson says creating a database of cellphone users is no different to being on the White Pages or Yellow Pages.
- Newstalk ZB
