Ludhiana, Feb. 9 -- The city police have arrested five members of a snatchers' gang who used to sell mobile phones in Nepal after tampering their unique identity numbers.

A total of 225 mobile phones, including 35 i-phones, were recovered from their possession. The police also recovered a bike, a scooter and two sharp-edged weapons from them.

The accused have been identified as Ramesh Kumar alias Babbi, 40, Jatinder Kumar alias Sonu, 36, - residents of Indrapuri at Tajpur road, Manpreet Singh alias Monu, 27, of Manjit Nagar, Rahul Saini, 27, of Amritsar and Gurmeet Singh alias Gora, 40, of Vishawkarma Nagar of Tajpur road.

Gurmeet owns a telecommunication shop. He used to buy mobile phones brought by other aides after snatchings.

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