2m plan to fight rise in phone theft

A HUGE surge in mobile phone theft has resulted in 40 mobile phones being reported stolen every day, according to official figures released yesterday.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2003 - 00:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

Justice Minister Michael McDowell said 13,433 mobile phones were reported stolen or missing to gardaí so far this year.

This compares to 7,493 such incidents in 2000 an 80% rise in the past three years.

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