Kupwara Police recover stolen mobile phones, return to owners

Kupwara, Jun 12: Police in Kupwara Wednesday returned stolen and lost mobile phones to their rightful owners. These mobile phones were recovered from across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Even a few were recovered from Haryana.

An official said that at least fourteen mobile phones were recovered following complaints by their owners at different police stations across Police District (PD) Kupwara.

Police in a statement said, “In a first of its kind initiative, District Police Kupwara launched a public friendly operation to recover lost and stolen mobile phones to be returned to their rightful owners”.

“All pending complaints of such nature were worked out and phones stolen, lost as long ago as 2022 were recovered from across the UT including from other parts of the country such as Haryana. Today, 14 such recovered mobiles were then handed over to their owners by the Police at DPO,” reads the statement.

“The owners expressed their happiness at getting their phones back which they had purchased with their hard earned money. Kupwara Police has urged all to consider police as their friends and approach with their issues which will be expeditiously resolved,” reads the statement further.