Thieves fly to Kochi, steal cash, gold from locked houses and return.

Kochi: Police arrested three people for theft that happened in four houses in Kochi on consecutive days. Chandraban (38) from Sambal, Uttar Pradesh. Mintu Bishwas (47) of Delhi and Harichandra (33) were members of a gang whose modus operandi was to steal as much gold and cash as possible during a short period of time and return by flight..

The three of them landed at Nedumbassery airport on April 21. They target big houses that are locked in the city. On the day of their arrival, they they entered a house in Kadavanthra Jawahar Nagar and stole gold worth Rs 8 lakh. The next day, three sovereigns of gold and Rs 8,500 were stolen from a house in Elamakkara. They were caught by the police while planning the third robbery.

Police stepped up investigation into the two thefts that happened in the city. From the examination of the CCTV footage, it was revealed that the two robberies were carried out by the same group.
Subsequently, on the recommendation of City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju, a Special Investigation Team was formed comprising officers from Kadavanthra, Elamakkara, North and Central stations. The inspection was also carried out using the dog squad