India, July 15 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an interstate syndicate allegedly involved in the theft, storage, sale and illegal export of stolen Remote Radio Units (RRUs), arresting four accused and recovering 43 stolen telecom units. The accused have been identified as Hemant Gupta (31) of Harsh Vihar, Vikas Paswan (30) of Sangam Vihar, Fareed (28) of Ghaziabad and Sher Mohd. (27) of Meerut. Police said the gang exported the stolen RRUs to Hong Kong through airline cargo using forged invoices and falsely declaring the consignments as "Power Supply Point" equipment. The arrests have helped solve 19 cases of RRU theft registered across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Investigators suspect the syndicate has links to several more cases in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Also Read - MCD rolls out EduLife 2.0 for schools Acting on intelligence about rising RRU thefts, the Inter State Cell traced the stolen equipment to a godown and courier facility in Mahipalpur. On July 10, police intercepted Hemant Gupta transporting 19 stolen RRUs in a D-Van. Shortly afterwards, Fareed and Sher Mohd. arrived with nine more units, while searches recovered four additional RRUs. Another consignment of 11 stolen units later reached the location, taking the total recovery to 43. Police said the recovered equipment had been stolen from Airtel mobile towers in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Investigators believe the syndicate has operated for eight to nine months and may have exported over 800 stolen RRUs. A Swift car, D-Van, four mobile phones and a desktop computer were also seized. Further investigation is underway.
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