FIR lodged in Noida over ‘illegal export’ of used phone chips to China, Hong Kong

The Noida Police have lodged an FIR and launched investigation into allegations of illegal export of chips of used smartphones in the garb of scrap from India to China and Hong Kong, officials said on Monday.

The case allegedly pertains to fraud and evasion of tax as well as customs duty and is linked with a separate matter being investigated by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police related to the arrest of Chinese nationals who were found living illegally in India last year.

Two Chinese nationals and a Noida-based company have been named as accused in the case lodged at the Sector 63 police station of the city on the complaint of a sub-inspector of the UP Police’s STF.