{
  "id": 9090224,
  "title": "Lahore police launch crackdown on stolen phones and IMEI tampering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lahore-police-launch-crackdown-on-stolen-phones-and-imei-tampering",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T05:34:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1556603/lahore-police-launch-crackdown-on-stolen-phones-and-imei-tampering/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lahore police have ordered a comprehensive crackdown on people involved in changing IMEI numbers of stolen mobile phones. The move aims to disrupt organised phone theft networks across the city. Read More: Modern tools to help transform crime investigation procedures Capital City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana issued the directives during a meeting focused on […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Lahore police directed to launch crackdown on IMEI altering, stolen phones",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lahore-police-directed-to-launch-crackdown-on-imei-altering-stolen",
        "published": "2026-09-22T04:59:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}