Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Thane Police Recover 180 Missing Phones Through CEIR Portal
Thane Police found 180 mobile phones that people had reported missing.
Together, the phones were worth ₹19,59,200.
Police used a government system called the CEIR portal to help locate them.
Some people who found the phones had sold them in other places.
Police teams traced the phones and their current users.
The teams had to travel to locations outside Thane and in neighbouring states.
Four Crime Branch units took part in the recovery.
The Bhivandi unit recovered the largest number, finding 80 phones.
Senior police officers supervised the operation.
Thane City Police recovered 180 missing mobile phones worth ₹19,59,200.
Crime Branch teams used the Central Equipment Identity Register portal to trace the devices.
Police said some phones had been resold outside Thane and in neighbouring states.
Unit 2 recovered the most phones, with 80 handsets valued at ₹8,82,200.
The operation was conducted under senior officers led by Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre.
- Who
- Thane City Police Crime Branch teams, under Police Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre and other senior officers.
- What
- Recovered 180 missing mobile phones valued at ₹19,59,200.
- When
- September 3, 2026.
- Where
- Across the Thane Police Commissionerate, outside Thane city, and in neighbouring states.
- Why
- To trace phones reported missing after a rise in lost-phone reports.
- Phones recovered
- 180
- Total value
- ₹19,59,200
- Tracking system
- Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal
- Top recovery unit
- Unit 2, Bhivandi: 80 phones worth ₹8,82,200
- Unit 3 recovery
- Kalyan: 60 phones worth ₹4,50,000
- Unit 4 recovery
- Ulhasnagar: 15 phones worth ₹2,52,000
- Unit 5 recovery
- Wagle Estate: 25 phones worth ₹3,75,000