Overview
- Officials handed the recovered devices to owners at a public event in Ghatkopar, with the GRP stating that similar drives will continue.
- Recoveries were distributed as 444 phones in Mumbai, 216 across the rest of Maharashtra, and 358 from other states and UTs, valued at ₹1,80,33,668.
- Phase one in June–July traced 684 phones worth ₹1,11,39,626, setting up an expanded second phase that pursued cases from 2023 to 2025 between September and November.
- The operation was conducted under Commissioner Rakesh Kalasagar and overseen by DCPs Pradnya Jedage and Sunita Sanlukhe-Thakare.
- A total of 57 teams from the Central and Western zones investigated across 17 States/UTs, including Diu and Daman, intercepting devices routed through trafficking networks.