Mobile phones are reported stolen every six minutes in London
1 year, 8 months ago

Mobile phones are reported stolen every six minutes in London

Daily Mail  

A mobile phone is reported as stolen every six minutes in London, figures show. Megan Kenyon, 25, who has had her mobile phone stolen twice in Islington, north London within the last year, said it feels like 'a crime that goes unpunished' Both incidents happened when someone on a motorcycle or bike cycled up close whilst she was walking on the street, before snatching the phone out of her hand The Metropolitan Police said officers 'run daily operations to target offenders'. Megan Kenyon, 25, who has had her mobile phone stolen twice in Islington, north London within the last year, said it feels like 'a crime that goes unpunished'. 'Police run daily operations to target offenders and work with second hand retailers to crack down on stolen mobile phones being sold on.

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Police refused to find my stolen iPhone - so I did it MYSELF
4 days, 2 hours ago

Police refused to find my stolen iPhone - so I did it MYSELF

Daily Mail  

A fashion designer who chased a phone snatcher for over a mile caught the thief and recovered six stolen smartphones after police refused to help. ‘I wanted to punch him so badly but I didn’t hurt him, just restrained him Izzy Du, 26, pursued two e-bike riding thieves on foot after they grabbed her iPhone 15 Pro Max on Seven …

Police Interrogate Four in Massive Mobile Phone Theft at Concert
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Police Interrogate Four in Massive Mobile Phone Theft at Concert

The Hindu  

Four individuals were arrested in connection with a mass mobile phone theft at a concert in Kerala. The police took custody of the accused Atiq Ur Rahman and Waseem Ahammed – arrested from Delhi – and Sunny Bhola Yadav and Shyam Baranwal – arrested from Mumbai. They were taken to two tourist homes where they had stayed and to the …

Police to Collect Evidence from Mobile Phone Thieves in Kerala Concert
2 months ago

Police to Collect Evidence from Mobile Phone Thieves in Kerala Concert

The Hindu  

Four individuals were arrested in connection with the alleged theft of mobile phones at a concert in Bolgatty, Kerala. The police will take their custody for evidence collection on Saturday (October 26). The four accused are history-sheeters and are believed to be involved in similar mass mobile phone thefts in the past. The investigation is ongoing, and more details are …

Police Seek Custody of Two Accused in Mumbai Mobile Phone Theft Case
2 months ago

Police Seek Custody of Two Accused in Mumbai Mobile Phone Theft Case

The Hindu  

Two Uttar Pradesh natives arrested in Mumbai in Kochi mobile phone theft case were remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. The investigation team will submit an application for their custody on Friday, and their interrogation is required to get further leads about the gang involved in the theft and to recover the mobile phones.

DJ Alan Walker Concert: 4 Arrested for Stealing Mobile Phones
2 months ago

DJ Alan Walker Concert: 4 Arrested for Stealing Mobile Phones

Hindustan Times  

Four people have been arrested for stealing 36 mobile phones during a DJ Alan Walker concert in Pune. The incident occurred at the New English Phoenix School Ground in Kharadi on October 18. The accused, identified as Sayyed Mohammad Idrees Shaikh, Akhil Venkatramana Godavari, Lokesh Hanumant Pujari, and Pappu Bhagirathi Vaishya, struck and stole the handsets from attendees while they …

The streets where YOU could fall victim to the phone muggers of Mayfair: How thieves on e-bikes roam in loops around one of London's most affluent districts hunting for targets
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The streets where YOU could fall victim to the phone muggers of Mayfair: How thieves on e-bikes roam in loops around one of London's most affluent districts hunting for targets

Daily Mail  

Phone muggers on e-bikes are increasingly targeting one of London's most affluent areas - as MailOnline plots out the hotspot streets where they have struck several times in recent months. Email [email protected] MailOnline's new map shows the apparent routes young crooks are taking on a regular basis in and around Hyde Park A worker was walking opposite Hyde Park with …

What can phone makers and users do to combat device theft?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What can phone makers and users do to combat device theft?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In response, the Home Office said it will call a summit of tech companies and phone makers …

Gangs stealing mobile phones to be targeted in crackdown after huge spike in thefts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gangs stealing mobile phones to be targeted in crackdown after huge spike in thefts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Terrifying moment thief tries to nab phone from Aussie expat in London as she issues a warning to all tourists visting the UK
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Terrifying moment thief tries to nab phone from Aussie expat in London as she issues a warning to all tourists visting the UK

Daily Mail  

Shocking footage has emerged of the terrifying moment a brazen thief tried to steal an Aussie tourist's phone. Indigenous Aussie Naarah was filming herself while walking down the street in central London after attending a show last week when the hooded thief tried to snatch the phone. Naarah was walking down the street in central London after attending a show …

'An e-bike thug stole my phone right from my hands... two weeks later it was at infamous Chinese port - how are they getting away with it so easily?'
4 months ago

'An e-bike thug stole my phone right from my hands... two weeks later it was at infamous Chinese port - how are they getting away with it so easily?'

Daily Mail  

A distraught Londoner has described the horrifying moment his phone was stolen 'right from my hands' and the confusion he felt when two weeks later it surfaced at an infamous Chinese port. Sukru Haskan posted this picture of his stolen iPhone all the way in Shenzhen, China In a separate incident in May, a thief on a bike was seen …

Shahdara police recover 215 stolen mobile phones worth ₹40L
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shahdara police recover 215 stolen mobile phones worth ₹40L

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The operation to recover stolen phones was launched after technical surveillance mounted in multiple cases revealed that some stolen phones were active in other states. In a special operation, Shahdara police recovered 215 stolen mobile phones worth around ₹40 lakh, in multiple raids by 11 teams across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, senior police officers …

Revealed: Thousands of laptops and mobile phones worth around £1m have been lost by or stolen from WFH staff at HMRC in the past three years
7 months ago

Revealed: Thousands of laptops and mobile phones worth around £1m have been lost by or stolen from WFH staff at HMRC in the past three years

Daily Mail  

Thousands of laptops and mobile phones worth around £1 million have been lost by HM Revenue and Customs working from home staff in the last three years. It means over the last three years careless HMRC staff have reported 1,670 mobile phones as missing, while 334 laptops have been lost over the same period. Thousands of laptops and mobile phones …

Looking for your stolen iPhone? LAPD recovers hundreds of devices in retail bust
1 year ago

Looking for your stolen iPhone? LAPD recovers hundreds of devices in retail bust

LA Times  

While executing a search warrant for stolen merchandise Wednesday at a Westlake storefront, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division recovered hundreds of electronic devices, according to the police department. Los Angeles Police Department detectives say they recovered hundreds of electronic devices while executing a search warrant for stolen merchandise Wednesday at a Westlake storefront. During the search in the …

Citizen can track, recover their lost/stolen phones quickly now: C-DOT
1 year ago

Citizen can track, recover their lost/stolen phones quickly now: C-DOT

The Hindu  

Citizens can now block, track down and recover their lost or stolen mobile phones easily if they promptly reported such incidents on the right channel! The Centre for Development of Telematics, a telecommunications technology development centre under the Department of Telecom claims that its citizen centric portal, Sanchar Saathi, has received impressive responses from citizens who lost their mobile devices …

Crackdown on mobile phone robbers: Sadiq Khan and Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley will ask Apple, Samsung and Google to 'design out' smartphone robbery at summit - following 28% surge in cases across
1 year, 2 months ago

Crackdown on mobile phone robbers: Sadiq Khan and Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley will ask Apple, Samsung and Google to 'design out' smartphone robbery at summit - following 28% surge in cases across

Daily Mail  

Sadiq Khan and the Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley will meet leading mobile phone companies today to ask them to commit to 'design out' mobile phone robbery in an attempt to crackdown in the surge of thefts across London. The London Mayor and police boss will meet representatives from Apple, Samsung and Google, along with major phone network providers …

Open season for street snatchers in Karachi as minister tells people to keep phones where 'they can't be stolen'
1 year, 3 months ago

Open season for street snatchers in Karachi as minister tells people to keep phones where 'they can't be stolen'

Firstpost  

In just the first three months of 2023, over 21,000 cases of street crime were reported in Karachi Street crime is growing at an alarming rate in Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi. Sindh’s caretaker Interior Minister Brigadier Haris Nawaz has a unique piece of advice. “Another piece of advice is to keep your phones in the hidden pockets.” While Nawaz is …

300 Stolen Mobiles Supplied to IMEI Tampering Gangs
1 year, 4 months ago

300 Stolen Mobiles Supplied to IMEI Tampering Gangs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police have arrested a former RTC employee Garadi Ramanji, a habitual offender. The police found that a few days before he landed in the police net, has disposed of around 300 mobile phones including high end mobile phones belonging to reputed brands. He was involved in buying stolen mobile phones at cheap rates and selling them to gangs …

Mobile phone industry urged to ‘design out’ their appeal to thieves
1 year, 4 months ago

Mobile phone industry urged to ‘design out’ their appeal to thieves

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mobile phone firms have been urged to “design out” their …

New tech boosting recovery of stolen phones
1 year, 8 months ago

New tech boosting recovery of stolen phones

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The city police, with access to the Central Equipment Identity Registry portal, have recovered around 20% of all the phones reported stolen or lost in the city this year, as per the Mumbai Police. Vinay Jambali, director, DoT, Pune who is responsible for Maharashtra and Goa region, while explaining how the system works, said, “Mumbai Police has been using …

Victims of London phone theft find stolen mobiles are ending up in the SAME street in Chinese city
1 year, 10 months ago

Victims of London phone theft find stolen mobiles are ending up in the SAME street in Chinese city

Daily Mail  

Victims of phone theft in London have tracked down their stolen mobiles to the exact same street in China. When he searched for it online, he found it had travelled 6,000 miles to Shenzen in China Stolen iPhones have been tracked down to this street in Shenzen, where it is believed they are stripped for parts and sold off Ketan …

Gurugram Police return 130 stolen mobiles worth Rs 26 lakh to owners
2 years, 3 months ago

Gurugram Police return 130 stolen mobiles worth Rs 26 lakh to owners

India TV News  

Gurugram police have traced and returned 130 stolen/lost mobile phones worth around Rs 26 lakh to their owners, an official said on Monday. The mobile phones were handed over to their owners at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, West, Deepak Saharan. In view of the inconvenience caused to the mobile phone users due to the loss of …

‘Two mobile thefts’ daily from Macca Masjid
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Two mobile thefts’ daily from Macca Masjid

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Two mobile phones were stolen on average from the Mecca Masjid every day, according to complaints from the people. There are incidents of mobile theft during people's meeting with Imam Sahib after Taraweeh prayers,” said a user. Hussaini Alam inspector G. Naresh Kumar said that police personnel in civilian clothes had been posted in the area. “Though we are …

Thief Returns Phone Worth Rs 45,000 to Owner as He Failed to Operate It
4 years, 3 months ago

Thief Returns Phone Worth Rs 45,000 to Owner as He Failed to Operate It

News 18  

Wonders will never cease found out a man who lost his smartphone in a shop and was returned it a few days later by the person who stole it as he could not operate the device. Police said on Monday that the man left his mobile phone worth Rs 45,000 by mistake at a sweet shop at Jamalpur in East …

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