Cop teams head to UP to catch jewel thieves

Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai police has sent two teams to Uttar Pradesh to scour a few locations to nab two wanted burglars. The duo had, on Sunday night, broken into Mayura Jewellery, a Nerul-based jewellery shop, and decamped with cash and jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh. The men had posed as tenants to take on rent a flat located at the back of the shop last Wednesday — four days before they burgled it — and then broke a portion of its wall to gain entry.

The Navi Mumbai police had made four different teams to find the culprits. An officer who is in one such team said, “ Teams have been sent to different place to search for the culprits. We have received some information from our UP sources. We will find them soon.”

The police questioned the landlord who could not produce copies of the duo’s identity particulars. However, based on information provided by him, the police prepared sketches of the wanted accused.

The police said that the incident came to light at 9.30 am on Monday when Gopal Sadana opened his jewellery shop only to find the locker broken and all the jewellery missing. Seeing a three-foot hole in the back wall of his shop, he informed the Nerul police.

Nerul police said, “The thieves used gas cylinders and cutter machines to drill a hole in the back wall of the shop and also cut through its locker, taking away gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh and cash from it. The accused also took jewellery kept in 20 different boxes.”

The incident has sent shock waves through jewellers in Navi Mumbai, considering there have been such burglaries in the past.