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Police have busted a gang that allegedly changed the IMEIs - the unique identifiers of a handset - of stolen mobiles and arrested three individuals, reported TOI...
The accused, identified as Narabjeet Singh (26), Manish Singh (23) and Gurmeet Singh (32), are residents of Tilak Nagar..
According to sources, many stolen mobile phones have not been found by police due to a rise in the number of 'IMEI changers' in the city..
Most of the time, people get a new SIM issued after a theft, so cops use the IMEI (international mobile equipment identity) to track stolen phones...
Setting up a trap, they apprehended the suspect, Narabjeet, who was found in possession of a mobile phone stolen from Hari Nagar, with its IMEI altered...
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