Erode: Police have recovered 53 mobile phones that were stolen in the district in the past one month and returned them to their owners.
Talking to reporters, district superintendent of police SP P Thangadurai said he had formed a special team after the cybercrime cell police received several complaints regarding mobile phone theft. “The team inquired with the complainants and gathered information like where and when they had lost the mobile phones and the mobile phone IMEI number.”
The team, he said, worked round the clock and recovered 53 mobile phones worth Rs 6.33 lakh. “We returned them to their owners at an event.”
Thangadurai said they had also recovered Rs 5.11 lakh that some miscreants had stolen from people by tricking them into sharing their bank account details with them. “The money was returned to them through banks.”