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Special teams nab 55 criminals

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—Photo: M. Moorthy

WOW: Inspector General of Police, Central Zone, Karan Singha inspecting the stolen articles in Tiruchi on Monday.

TIRUCHI: Special teams formed to investigate property crime cases reported in various places in the district over the past few months arrested 55 criminals and recovered stolen property worth over Rs. 23 lakh.

The stolen property recovered by the teams, formed under the instruction of the Inspector General of Police, Central Zone Karan Singha, included gold jewellery weighing 180 sovereigns, 15 motorcycles and cash amounting to over Rs. 1 lakh.

Of the 116 crime cases reported in various police stations in the district over the last five months, the special teams detected 105 of them, IG Karan Singha told the media here on Monday. Each police team was headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police.

The IG handed over stolen property to its respective owners at a function held at the District Police Office and complimented the special police team members for their good work.

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