New Delhi, March 28 As many as 320 stolen and lost mobile phones worth approximately Rs 50 lakh have been recovered in the Shahdara district of Delhi as part of the ongoing "Operation Vishwas" campaign, officials said on Saturday.
The initiative, launched on January 1, 2026, focuses on tracing stolen, snatched, robbed, and lost mobile phones using technical surveillance and coordinated field operations.
Of the recovered phones, 317 were traced within Delhi, while two were recovered from Uttar Pradesh and one from Haryana.
Police said that 259 of the devices had been reported lost, while the others were linked to cases of theft, snatching, and robbery.
Officials said that the recoveries were made through IMEI tracking, call detail record (CDR) analysis, the use of the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal, and targeted raids across multiple locations.
A technical surveillance team, along with 13 field units, worked to identify active devices and track them across Delhi and other states. Of the total recoveries, 75 phones were traced using the CEIR portal.
The recovered phones were handed over to their rightful owners at a ceremony held at the Shahdara DCP office complex on Saturday.
