More than 16,000 SIM cards, 110 mobiles seized in Bhubaneswar

Police in Bhubaneswar has seized more than 16000 SIM cards and over 100 mobile phones from a gang of miscreants. The SIM cards were registered under fake identities and were being smuggled to other states.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Police in Bhubaneswar busted a gang on Tuesday after they seized more than 16000 SIM cards and over 100 mobile phones from a gang of miscreants. According to the Commissionerate of Police, the SIM cards, registered under fake identities, were being smuggled to other states.

"A total of seven persons have been arrested in this connection including two employees of a telecom company. It is very likely that these SIM cards were being used by miscreants for committing cybercrime," Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarsi said.

Authorities have in the past seized SIM cards and mobile phones being used to commit fraud. Earlier in the month, Indian agencies were engaged in getting details of 1,300 SIM cards as they were being used by a gang of Chinese to hack accounts and commit financial frauds, a suspected activity of a Chinese intelligence agency.