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Agartala, Jul 12, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala Jul 12: Police of East Agartala Police Station arrested five thieves associated with looting various items from different residences across the capital city and also recovered stolen goods worth Rs 3 lakh approximately.
Briefing the media persons in this context, a senior police official said, “We were keeping an eye and had set up sources across the city to bust the theft racket for long days. Based on information from the secret sources, the police team successfully arrested five thieves who have been involved with a larger gang and are responsible for numerous theft incidents reported to various police stations”.
“A man who claims of father’s demise moves around in white clothes and goes house to house seeking money for funeral work and gathers information to pass on to the gang of thieves who later conducts thefts accordingly”, said police.
The man along with 4 others associated with theft incidents were arrested from various places on Wednesday.
“Two bikes and many other items including fans, utensils etc. have been recovered”, he said.
Police further said that the store where these stolen items are sold later has also been identified and the owner will be arrested soon.
Later, the detained were produced before the court seeking police remand for further interrogation.
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