Archive · 25 May 2025
Delhi Airport Police Busts SIM Smuggling Ring
Imagine some bad guys were trying to cheat in online games.
They got a bunch of SIM cards, pretending they were for a free offer.
They sent these SIM cards to another country to cheat.
The police caught them at the Delhi airport.
The people involved were tricked into giving up their SIM cards.
The police are now trying to find the main cheaters and stop this from happening again.
Delhi airport police busted a SIM smuggling ring.
Five individuals from Madhya Pradesh were arrested.
The accused were transporting active SIM cards to a foreign country.
The SIM cards were fraudulently obtained from individuals.
The SIMs were intended for use in online gaming apps.
- Who
- Delhi airport police and five individuals from Madhya Pradesh; an online gaming network
- What
- A SIM smuggling ring was busted for transporting active SIM cards to a foreign country.
- When
- The arrests were made on Feb 15.
- Where
- Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) and Ujjain and Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To aid an online gaming network with the illegal procurement and transportation of SIM cards.
- Location
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
- Arrested
- Five individuals
- SIM cards seized
- 398
- Primary offense
- SIM smuggling
- Destination country
- Foreign country
- Involved
- Online gaming network