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Mumbai: 35-year-old habitual thief held
Updated On: 18 June, 2023 07:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
The accused, a habitual thief, had previously stolen booze and cash worth lakhs of rupees from a liquor shop.
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The Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch has nabbed a 35-year-old thief, who in April had broken into a mobile shop and escaped with 118 mobile phones and cash worth Rs 25 lakh. The accused, a habitual thief, had previously stolen booze and cash worth lakhs of rupees from a liquor shop.
On April 29, the owner of Mobile Phone Hub on Vikhroli Village Road, alerted the police about a break-in at his shop. According to the complaint, 67 iPhones and 52 android phones worth Rs 67.5 lakh, and cash worth Rs 25 lakh were stolen. An offence was registered against unknown persons under IPC Sections 457 (house breaking at night) and 380 (theft). “During screening of the CCTV footage, we zeroed in on a person who had come on a scooter and left the area with heavy baggage. The image was circulated to identify the accused,” said an official with the Vikhroli Police.
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