Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Kurnool Police Return 589 Recovered Phones to Owners
Kurnool police found 589 phones that people had lost or had stolen.
They gave the phones back to their owners at a programme on Thursday.
The phones were worth about Rs 1.20 crore altogether.
Police teams used technology to track them, including across state borders.
The district has now recovered 3,670 phones through six phases of this effort.
Police chief Vikrant Patil said phones can hold private information, such as banking details and contacts.
He advised people to register a missing phone’s IMEI number on the CEIR portal as soon as possible.
This can help police try to find it.
Kurnool district police returned 589 recovered mobile phones to their owners at a programme held Thursday.
The phones were valued at around Rs 1.20 crore.
Cyber Lab and local police teams used technical resources to trace the devices.
Across six phases, police recovered 3,670 phones valued at Rs 7.36 crore.
Kurnool SP Vikrant Patil urged people to register lost or stolen phones’ IMEI numbers on the CEIR portal.
- Who
- Kurnool district police, led by SP Vikrant Patil, and the owners of the recovered phones.
- What
- Police handed 589 recovered mobile phones back to their owners.
- When
- Thursday; the programme was the sixth phase of the recovery drive.
- Where
- Vyas Auditorium, Kurnool district.
- Why
- To return lost or stolen phones to their rightful owners and encourage prompt IMEI registration to help police recover missing devices.
- Phones returned
- 589
- Estimated value of returned phones
- Around Rs 1.20 crore
- Total phones recovered across six phases
- 3,670
- Total estimated value across six phases
- Rs 7.36 crore
- Recovery teams
- Cyber Lab, local police teams, and the district IT Core Team
- States where devices were traced
- Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan
- Advice to phone owners
- Register the phone’s IMEI number promptly on the CEIR portal if it is lost or stolen.