VIJAYAWADA: City police have successfully solved the gold heist case in 13 days and arrested seven of the ten accused in the case. They also recovered the stolen gold weighing 4.025 kg out of the stolen 5 kg.
Police commissioner D Goutam Sawang disclosing the details said the theft was the handiwork of professionals and ex-convicts. The robbers, hailing from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, formed a group after getting acquainted in jails they were lodged in previously.
After conducting two recces in three months based on the information provided by an ex-employee of the gold workshop, Tanmai (27), the group of dacoits attacked the workshop located in the busy Gopal Reddy Road in Governorpet area of Vijayawada on July 11.
Thereafter the police launched an intense manhunt for the accused. Following the trail left by the credit card of one of the accused, police successfully traced them to Mumbai and nabbed them there with help of local police on Sunday night. The accused were brought to Vijayawada on Monday. Police are still looking for the other three involved in the case.