The Cyber cell of Chandigarh police on Monday claimed to have recovered 138 mobile phones of various companies which were stolen or lost from their owners from Chandigarh.
A team was constituted after a large number of cases of mobile theft and stolen were registered in various police stations in 2013.
Rajesh Kalia, DSP Headquartes said, "Taking serious note to the large number of complaints received in this year, Chandigarh police in a joint operation conducted several raids at various places and recovered 138 mobiles costing more than Rs 7 lakh. Most of the recovered mobiles include expensive mobiles like Apple, Samsung grand, Blackberry, and Sony Experia."
While investigation it was revealed that the recovered mobiles were either purchased from vendors or found lying at different places, he added