Telangana police on Wednesday arrested three folks for illegally acquiring and promoting it to cybercriminals. Police additionally seized 4,000 cell phones from their seizure.
Performing on dependable info, a workforce of Telangana Police Cyber Safety Bureau arrested three accused from Peddapalli district of the state, particularly Mohammad Shamim, Abdul Salam and Mohammad Iftikhar.
Three luggage containing as many as 4,000 outdated cell phones and three bicycles had been additionally recovered from it.
In response to Cyber Safety Bureau officers, the accused had been shopping for cell phones from locals within the state at low costs after which shipped them to Bihar.
Throughout interrogation, the accused additional advised the police that they refurbished the telephones and bought them to cybercriminals working in Jamtala, Deoghar and different areas of Jharkhand.
Police stated these telephones are sometimes utilized in varied on-line scams.
Police added {that a} case has been registered towards the three accused beneath related sections of the Info Expertise Act and different related legal guidelines.
In early Might this 12 months, the Telangana police additionally busted a gang suspected of cell phone theft and recovered 713 cell phones from them.
