104 mobile phones stolen from Kodagu recovered

A total of 104 mobile phones stolen from Kodagu district since 2022 were recovered during the last one month and handed over to the owners at a function in Madikeri on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Kodagu district police Bindu Mani R. N. said the recovered mobile phones of various brands were valued around ₹ 11 lakh.

The stolen mobile phones were recovered by the Cyber Crime police station of Kodagu district in co-ordination with the officials of different police stations during January 2026. The stolen mobile phones were recovered from different parts of Kodagu as well as Kerala and Tamil Nadu through the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), she said.

She called upon the owners of mobile phones, who had lost their devices, to contact the nearest police station and report their loss on the CEIR portal.