Over fifty smartphones, worth around eight lac rupees, were recovered and handed over to rightful owners, Cyber Cell Poonch informed on Thursday.

The gadgets were handed over to the rightful owners in presence of ASP Poonch, Mushim Ahmed.

The police official on the ocassion appealed general public to take care of their mobiles as the mobile phones always contain personal data of an individual and there is every possibility of its misuse.

Electronic Surveillance Unit (ESU) of SOG Poonch under the supervision of DySP Operations Poonch Manish Sharma has traced out more than 280 mobile phones in last two and half years. (GNS)