Nine members of mobile phone snatchers gang arrested

Nine members of a gang of snatchers were arrested and more than 1,000 mobile phones were seized from them here, police said today.
Senior superintendent of police H N Singh said that following an information, the members of the 'Jhapat Maar Gang', some of them who are shopkeepers, were arrested.
The snatchers used to steal mobile phones from the NCR area and sell it in Lone town, he said.
The snatchers told that after purchasing the stolen mobile phones, the shopkeepers used to change their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) with the help of high-end devices before selling them to customers, the official said.

A total of 1,438 mobile phones were seized from them, he said.
It becomes impossible for the police to trace the stolen mobile phones in case the IMEI number of a phone is changed, the SSP added.