The Mumbai crime branch on Friday claimed to have busted an inter-state mobile theft racket and arrested 10 people for allegedly being involved in theft, snatching, change of IMEI numbers and sale of smartphones. The officials have also recovered around 135 mobile phones from the accused, the police said.

According to the Mumbai crime branch, On July 16, an FIR was registered by the Trombay police, officials from unit 6 of the crime branch began investigating the case. The officials learnt that the accused had been allegedly involved in purchase and sale of stolen mobile phones.