App to counter mobile theft. Peshawar police launched a mobile application to support control of incidents of mobile theft in the city.
App, accessible for android phones, will basically be a verifying mechanism for IMEI numbers. Users able to find and search for a number when buying a mobile phone, and the app will verify if the phone sold legally or stolen.
The app will comprise IMEI numbers of each single mobile device informed as stolen within the jurisdiction of the 34 police stations in the city.
CCPO Peshawar Aijaz Khan said that when a stolen phone’s IMEI entered into the app, it will not only alert buyers to the theft but will also intimate the police about the phone’s existence. Police officials have requested mobile sellers to install the app on their phones to make it entirely effective.
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App to counter mobile theft. The launch of the app arises later a spike in crime in the provincial capital, particularly incidents of mobile theft. Separately from a deterioration in the enforcement of law and order, the increase in mobile theft also recognized as to increase in the prices of mobile phones due to a higher exchange rate and amplified taxes.