Three of UK’s ‘Largest Mobile Phone Smuggling Network’ Jailed
Police say 14 people were arrested and more than 10,000 stolen phones were recovered as the network exported devices to China.
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THREE men have been sentenced to prison terms for running Britain's biggest mobile phone smuggling ring.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Members of ‘UK’s largest mobile phone smuggling’ network jailed
Prosecutors said the men were part of a ‘sophisticated and organised criminal network’
A stolen phone, which continues to ring in a parcel in a warehouse near Heathrow airport, led the British police to a network suspected of trafficking up to 40,000 stolen phones to China in 2024 and 2025.
Three Jailed Over Trafficking Stolen Devices As Part Of UK's 'largest Mobile Phone Smuggling Network'
Amir Khadikhel, 35, Ismat Miakhel, 33, and Mansoor Mohammed, 30, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods and participating in criminal activities of an organised crime group. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Judge Adam Hiddleston sentenced Khadikhel to nine and a half years in prison, Miakhel to nine years, and Mohammed to […]
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