Overview
- Police across the two cities held public handovers Saturday, with Mumbai returning valuables worth over ₹2.5 crore and Navi Mumbai reporting more than ₹2.25 crore in recent drives.
- In Mumbai’s Zone 8, stations from BKC to Sahar gave back 287 items worth ₹84.43 lakh at Pasaydan Hall, including 277 mobile phones along with gold, vehicles and cash.
- Mumbai’s Zone 3 traced 662 stolen phones valued at about ₹1.66 crore using the Central Equipment Identity Register, a national tool that tracks devices by their unique IMEI numbers.
- Navi Mumbai conducted drives in the Panvel and CBD Belapur divisions, returning cars, two wheelers, gold, and 37 phones and laptops, with the Nerul handover led by DCP Amit Kale and ACP Mayur Bhujbal.
- Navi Mumbai police reported detection rates near 80 percent and total recoveries above ₹18.30 crore in 2025–26, pointing to gains from tighter coordination and technical surveillance.