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Originally published by Techish Kenyatech
September 22, 2026
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Chinese police seized 400,000 SIM cards pulled out of second-hand phones
Chinese police seized 400,000 SIM cards from second-hand phones. The case shows why a local number proves nothing in Kenya...
✨ Key Highlights
Chinese police in Bozhou have seized over 400,000 SIM cards, weighing 45.44 kilogrammes, in a raid targeting a fraud ring. This marks the largest SIM card seizure in the city's history of combating telecom fraud.
- Seized: 400,000 SIM cards
- Involved: Chinese police, a suspected fraud ring organizer with a background in the second-hand phone trade
- Key detail: The SIM cards were salvaged from old phones sold or scrapped without the SIMs being removed, then tested for usability.
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