These thieves put the ‘mobile’ in mobile phones by stealing handsets on local and long-distance trains in Mumbai, then selling them to a trusted trio, who then moved the phones to Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and, at times, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The Railway Crime Branch has arrested the five perpetrators and managed to recover around 40 cellphones, solving 21 cases in the process.

 
Shyam Baranvar (19),  Mira Road resident and Pramod Yadav (20), Nallasopara resident