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Cyberabad Police Return 827 Phones Worth Rs 2 Crore After Month-Long CEIR Drive

Authorities attributed the success to a 45-day zone-based operation using the central IMEI registry that facilitated swift handset returns.

A police officer told HT that after the location of a person who had a stolen/lost phone in his possession was traced—which was most often out of Maharashtra—a long process began to recover the phone.
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Overview

  • This recovery marked the eighth phase of Cyberabad Central Crime Station’s mobile drive across five zones over the past month.
  • Madhapur led the phase with 180 devices retrieved, followed by Medchal (176), Balanagar (174), Rajendranagar (153) and Shamshabad (144).
  • Since the initiative began, Cyberabad Police have returned 6,233 lost or stolen phones to their owners.
  • Recovered handsets were handed back at an event at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, where beneficiaries thanked officers for their prompt action.
  • DCP (Crimes) A. Muthyam Reddy urged citizens to report missing phones at local stations or via the CEIR portal to maintain recovery momentum.