That's correct, they put it in some kind of emergency mode (it says so on the phone) and you can't use it. It is done so the police can get in touch with you when they need it. It was blocked only until the cop car caught up to us, I had no idea until the GF and I saw it on the phone.
can you explain,, ? you're saying you can't make/take a call as your phone is blocked by the police???