New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Karol Bagh Unit of Delhi police have busted a large-scale illegal mobile phone manufacturing and IMEI-tampering unit operating secretly from a building in Beedanpura. The action, carried out under Operation "CyberHawk", led to the arrest of five individuals and the seizure of 1,826 mobile phones, along with large quantities of electronic equipment used for unlawful assembly and device alteration.

For the past 15 days, Karol Bagh Police Station had intensified surveillance to curb rising illegal mobile phone activities in the area. During this period, officials received specific intelligence about a clandestine unit functioning on the 4th floor of a building in Gali No. 22, Beedanpura, where mobile phones were be...