Ahemdabad, Feb. 8 -- The Ahmedabad City Crime Branch intercepted and neutralised an allegedly sophisticated interstate criminal syndicate that specialised in defrauding major e-commerce platforms such as Flipkart and Amazon, the police officials said on Saturday.

According to the city's crime branch, the gang operated a sophisticated syndicate that successfully infiltrated the supply chain. The group swapped high-value electronics with dummy products to carry out the fraud.

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch, explaining the gang's tactics, revealed that the masterminds strategically placed associates as delivery boys within courier services across major cities, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Jalore.

Utilising multiple fake user IDs ...