diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Interceptions.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Interceptions.pm
index 3ea669b92e..76e80902ce 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Interceptions.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Interceptions.pm
@@ -182,19 +182,10 @@ sub POST :Allow {
         my $num_rs = $c->model('DB')->resultset('voip_numbers')->search(
             \[ 'concat(cc,ac,sn) = ?', [ {} => $resource->{number} ]]
         );
-        if(not $num_rs->first) {
+        unless($num_rs->first) {
             $c->log->error("invalid number '$$resource{number}'");
             $self->error($c, HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, "Number does not exist");
             last;
-        } else {
-            my $intercept_num_rs = $c->model('InterceptDB')->resultset('voip_numbers')->search(
-                \[ 'concat(cc,ac,sn) = ?', [ {} => $resource->{number} ]]
-            );
-            if(not $intercept_num_rs->first) {
-                $c->log->error("invalid local number '$$resource{number}'");
-                $self->error($c, HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, "Number does not exist locally");
-                last;
-            }
         }
 	# use the long way, since with ossbss provisioning, the reseller_id
 	# is not set in this case
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Interceptions.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Interceptions.pm
index aab591f7e1..ce1ed8679e 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Interceptions.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Interceptions.pm
@@ -180,21 +180,11 @@ sub subresnum_from_number {
     my $num_rs = $c->model('DB')->resultset('voip_numbers')->search(
         \[ 'concat(cc,ac,sn) = ?', [ {} => $number ]]
     );
-    if (not $num_rs->first) {
+    unless($num_rs->first) {
         $c->log->error("invalid number '$number'");
         $self->error($c, HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, "Number does not exist");
         return;
-    } else {
-        my $intercept_num_rs = $c->model('InterceptDB')->resultset('voip_numbers')->search(
-            \[ 'concat(cc,ac,sn) = ?', [ {} => $number ]]
-        );
-        if(not $intercept_num_rs->first) {
-            $c->log->error("invalid local number '$number'");
-            $self->error($c, HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, "Number does not exist locally");
-            return;
-        }
     }
-
     my $sub = $num_rs->first->subscriber;
     unless($sub) {
         $c->log->error("invalid number '$number', not assigned to any subscriber");