The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) on Wednesday returned 1,018 stolen mobile phones to their rightful owners in one of the largest recovery drives conducted in recent years. Several of these devices had travelled across multiple states through organised theft networks before being traced and intercepted.

57 Special Teams Formed to Track Railway Theft Network

To tackle the rising number of mobile thefts on Mumbai’s crowded suburban railway network, the GRP formed 57 specialised teams 28 under the Central Zone and 29 under the Western Zone.

According to officials, most thefts took place inside jam-packed local trains or on platforms during peak boarding and alighting.

The large-scale success of the operation was driven by advanced technical surveillance, inter-state coordination,

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