# Ranipet police return 80 missing phones worth Rs 11.45 lakh 2026-08-15T19:54:42+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Ranipet district police have handed over 80 missing mobile phones worth Rs 11.45 lakh to their owners. The return of the phones on Saturday follows the formation of a Cyber Crime police unit at the Superintendent of Police office and the introduction of a cell tracker application for registering complaints. The cyber crime team tracked the missing phones using their IMEI numbers at regular intervals. When a missing phone is activated, the police alert the user that the device is stolen property. Users then either hand over the phone or send it by courier from other districts and states. Police said that all complaints of snatching or missing mobile phones are now investigated through the cyber crime cell. The initiative was part of the standard process to trace and return such phones every six months. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Cyber Crime Cell, IMEI, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ranipet-police-return-80-missing-phones-worth-rs-11-45-lakh/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ranipet-police-return-80-missing-phones-worth-rs-11-45-lakh/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/