Sanitary ware thieves arrested: Items worth Rs. 14.35 lakh recovered
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Mangaluru: Two persons were arrested by city police for robbing sanitary wares and recovered goods worth Rs. 14.35 lakh on Tuesday January 6.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Asheef (27), resident of Ira Village of Bantwal taluk and Mohammed ( 30) of Panemangaluru in Bantwal taluk.
The theft had taken plave 17 months ago on July 18, 2013. The robbers decamped with the valuable sanitary wares and Rs. 49,181 cash. The total amount of the robbed items was Rs. 6.93 lakh, it is stated in the complainant filed by the manager of the shop.
On Tuesday, Mangaluru South Police Inspector Dinaker Shetty stopped two youth riding a two-wheeler in a suspicious manner, with a gunny sack between them on Rosario Church Road. When asked to stop, the two fled along with the vehicle only to be apprehended. The accused did not give proper explanation for the wares in the sack and later admitted to have robbed the showroom.
Further interrogation led to accused admitting that they had committed others thefts also near Kadri and Naguri. The police seized the stolen goods and a two wheeler without documents from them. Later the police also seized stolen goods worth lakhs of Rupees from a scrap shop at Bikkarnakatte totally valued at Rs 14.35 lakh.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Asheef (27), resident of Ira Village of Bantwal taluk and Mohammed ( 30) of Panemangaluru in Bantwal taluk.
The theft had taken plave 17 months ago on July 18, 2013. The robbers decamped with the valuable sanitary wares and Rs. 49,181 cash. The total amount of the robbed items was Rs. 6.93 lakh, it is stated in the complainant filed by the manager of the shop.
On Tuesday, Mangaluru South Police Inspector Dinaker Shetty stopped two youth riding a two-wheeler in a suspicious manner, with a gunny sack between them on Rosario Church Road. When asked to stop, the two fled along with the vehicle only to be apprehended. The accused did not give proper explanation for the wares in the sack and later admitted to have robbed the showroom.
Further interrogation led to accused admitting that they had committed others thefts also near Kadri and Naguri. The police seized the stolen goods and a two wheeler without documents from them. Later the police also seized stolen goods worth lakhs of Rupees from a scrap shop at Bikkarnakatte totally valued at Rs 14.35 lakh.
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