The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested four persons and recovered over 1,300 smartphones, worth Rs 1.31 crore, which were robbed by their gang, officials said. The accused were held around 3.30 am under a newly-constructed metro station in Sector Alpha 2, under Kasna police station limits, by the Noida unit of the STF, the officials said.

In July last year, a truck carrying 6,000 units of Vivo smart phones was looted by the gang, which would often target vehicles on highways and roads, a senior STF official said. The STF had earlier arrested nine members of the gang involved in the case and recovered some phones in September and October.