Exhibits officer Poul Larsen sorts through a heap of lost phones in the Exhibits Room at the Hamilton Police Station. While police don't track figures regularly, it still makes for an estimated thousands of lost phones and millions of dollars in discarded tech ending up in lost property boxes and facing destruction each year. Security from The Base regularly drop off a bag full of lost property, too. That way you can report your lost phone to police along with the number. * You can report lost property online on 105.police.govt.nz.

Source: Stuff June 02, 2019 23:41 UTC