iPhone crime ring busted in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, 44 stolen devices recovered

The pack was progressive successful receiving and dismantling stolen high-end mobile phones

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The Delhi Police person busted a pack progressive successful receiving and dismantling stolen high-end mobile phones and recovered 43 Apple iPhones, too 1 Samsung Fold phone, during a raid successful Dev Nagar country of Karol Bagh, an authoritative connected Friday said.

Among the seized items was a snatched iPhone 15, identified arsenic lawsuit spot successful a caller robbery incidental reported successful the IP Estate area, constabulary said.

The accused, identified arsenic Navdeep Kaur (26) and Ramandeep Bhangu (33), came to Delhi successful hunt of amended earning opportunities but yet turned to transgression aft facing fiscal struggles successful the mobile repair business.

"Navdeep Kaur, a B.Sc graduate, is simply a mobile repair technician from Bhatinda successful Punjab. He teamed up to person stolen mobile phones, dismantle them and merchantability the parts successful the grey market," said the officer.

The lawsuit came to airy aft a snatching incidental was reported successful the IP Estate country connected June 24, constabulary said.

The constabulary teams tracked the determination of the snatched iPhone 15 to Dev Nagar, starring to a raid connected June 26.

Kaur was arrested from her residence and the stolen iPhone, on with 44 different suspected stolen mobile phones, and a ample fig of dismantled iPhone parts were recovered, they said.

Kaur during interrogation revealed the engagement of 2 different accomplices, Sanjeev Kumar, who is presently absconding, and Ramandeep Bhangu, who was aboriginal arrested from Nahan successful Himachal Pradesh portion attempting to fly to Nepal, the constabulary said.

Bhangu admitted to purchasing stolen phones from a pistillate successful Karol Bagh aft which they dismantled the devices and sold the components to repair shops, they said.

The constabulary said that 11 of the recovered mobile phones had already been linked to antithetic FIRs registered crossed the city, confirming the cognition of an organised syndicate dealing successful stolen devices.

"The recovered dismantled parts are besides suspected to beryllium from different stolen iPhones and further introspection is underway," said the officer.

Bhangu, who has a transgression record, was antecedently arrested successful a akin lawsuit registered successful Punjab's Bhatinda successful which astir 70 stolen mobile phones were recovered, the constabulary said.

Efforts are connected to place the pistillate supplying the stolen devices and to apprehend Sanjeev Kumar, they said.