The Mulund police have arrested a mobile shop owner who would break into rivals’ shops and steal mobiles. The accused, who had a shop in Thane, would even change the IMEI numbers of these cell phones and sell them in his own shop.

Mangesh Gaikar (left) used to change the IMEI numbers of the stolen cell phones he used to sell out of his Thane shop. The racket was busted after one of Gaikar’s employees, Chirag Parmar (right), confessed to the crime. Pics/Rajesh Gupta