Three persons have been arrested by the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police in Maharashtra in two separate cases of house break-ins, and recovered valuables worth more than Rs 5 lakh from them, an official said on Friday.

Assistant Police Commissioner (Virar division) Ramchandra Deshmukh said the crime detection branch at the Tulinj police station picked up two persons on Wednesday on the suspicion of house break-ins and thefts.