Updated On: 29 March, 2024 12:42 PM IST | Bhayander | mid-day online correspondent
Firoz alias Monu Nayeem Khan, 29, stole 22 expensive phones worth Rs 16.71 lakh on March 20 and 21 from a shop in Thane district, said police.

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Mobile phones worth around Rs 15 lakh that were stolen from a store in Bhayander last week have been successfully recovered by the police in the Thane district of Maharashtra. The culprit, identified as Firoz alias Monu Nayeem Khan, aged 29, committed the theft on the evenings of March 20 and 21, taking away more than 22 expensive phones valued at Rs 16.71 lakh, reported PTI.
According to the report, after using CCTV video and technical intelligence to locate him, law enforcement officials spotted Khan, a Bandra resident, in Delhi. Khan was first traced to Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh; however, he had already relocated to Delhi by the time the cops arrived in UP. Later on Wednesday, he was captured in the nation`s capital, the report added.