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Overview
- Police executed 132 search and seizure warrants, seizing about 2,500 phones and R$52,000 in cash, according to O Globo.
- Targets include alleged 'students' and clients who supplied stolen devices for remote unlocking and reintroduced them for resale through shops, boxes and kiosks.
- Investigators say some suspects tried to access victims' banking apps to take fraudulent loans, transfer funds or open illicit accounts.
- Since the operation began, authorities report more than 10,000 phones recovered, over 700 suspects arrested and 2,800 devices returned to owners.
- Rio police plan to return 1,600 recovered phones to identified owners on Tuesday, with notices sent by call or WhatsApp.