KOLHAPUR: The Kolhapur cyber police successfully tracked down 117 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 11 lakh. After verifying the documents, the mobile phones were returned to their original owners by Kolhapur superintendent of police Shailesh Balkawade.
Balkwade said, “After receiving information from the officers about missing the mobile phones — some of them since 2019 — we directed that a search operation be carried out on the basis of technical investigation of missing and stolen mobile sets through the cyber police. Special teams were formed to search for the missing mobile sets from Kolhapur district. These teams carried out the technical investigation in the past 15 days and managed to find 117 expensive mobile sets costing around Rs 11 lakh.