India, July 3 -- Delhi Police have arrested three men and recovered 604 brand-new mobile phones worth around Rs.1.5 crore in connection with the theft of a large consignment of smartphones that was being transported to an e-commerce platform in Gurugram, officials said on Friday.

The case came to light after an e-FIR was registered at Sector-23 police station in Dwarka on June 20 on the complaint of a warehouse manager, who alleged that around 1,500 mobile phones had gone missing during transit.

Police said approximately 4,500 phones had been loaded onto a truck for delivery to the warehouse when the driver, allegedly in connivance with his associates, removed a part of the consignment before abandoning the truck with the remaining carg...