Archive · 30 May 2025
Lucknow Police Recover Nearly 1,000 Lost Phones in Months
Imagine your phone gets lost or stolen.
Now, there's a special system called CEIR that helps the police find it.
It's like a digital fingerprint for your phone.
If someone tries to use your lost phone, the police can block it and figure out where it is.
In Lucknow, India, the police have used this system to get back almost a thousand phones in just a few months!
It works by blocking the phone from connecting to any phone networks in India, making it useless to thieves.
This also helps catch the people who steal phones.
Lucknow police recovered 990 lost or stolen phones between January and mid-May.
The recovery rate is approximately 90% due to the CEIR portal.
CEIR uses IMEI numbers to trace and block mobile devices.
Once blocked, a device becomes useless on any Indian telecom network.
Citizens are urged to note their IMEI numbers and report lost phones promptly.
- Who
- Lucknow Police
- What
- Recovered 990 lost or stolen mobile phones using the CEIR portal.
- When
- Between January and mid-May.
- Where
- Lucknow, India
- Why
- To deter mobile theft and aid citizens in recovering lost devices.
- Recovered Phones
- 990
- Recovery Period
- 5 months (Jan to mid-May)
- Recovery Rate
- 90%
- Key Technology
- Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal
- Geographic Scope
- India