DHAKA, Mar 25, 2026 (BSS) – A team of Jatrabari Police Station has arrested 12 members of organised mobile phone smuggling and trading syndicate and recovered 62 stolen mobile phones from their possessions during a drive in the Shanir Akhra area in the capital.

The arrestees were Emdad alias Iddat Sheikh, Md Faruk, Abu Bakkar Siddiq, Md Rubel, Abdur Razzak, Md Mizan, Md Alamgir, Md Mamun, Md Rashed, Md Shamsul Haque Milon, Din Islam, and Md Saidul Islam.

The arrests were made around 8:30 pm on March 24 during a raid conducted at the slope of Shanir Akhra Bridge on the Dhaka-Chattogram outgoing highway following a tip-off, a Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) release said here today.

During the drive, police recovered 62 stolen mobile phones of different models from their possession and filed a regular case with Jatrabari Police Station.

According to police, the arrestees are active members of an organised syndicate that used to collect stolen mobile phones from thieves across the country at low prices and sell them at different locations in Dhaka, including the Jatrabari area. The accused made confessional statements during preliminary interrogation.