Delhi Police busts fake premium mobile phone racket, 4 held

The Delhi Police has busted a racket involved in the illegal assembly and sale of fake premium mobile phones in the Karol Bagh area and arrested four people, an official said on Sunday.

As many as 512 fake premium smartphones of a brand, including fold and flip models, along with a large quantity of mobile parts and fake IMEI stickers, were recovered



during the operation, police said.

Police said the accused were illegally assembling high-end phones using spare parts imported from China and pasted fake IMEI numbers marked “Made in Vietnam”. They then sold them in the open market as genuine branded handsets at prices ranging between Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 per unit, cheating customers, he said.