The Mumbai police have arrested five persons for allegedly operating an illegal LPG refilling unit in suburban Govandi, police said.

The crime branch's unit-6 conducted a raid in Shivaji Nagar locality on Tuesday afternoon (September 14) and nabbed the accused, an official said. The accused Shahrukh Sheikh (31), Yaseen Siddique (24), Usedullah Khan (31), Kareem Khan (31) and Zakir Khan (38) were operating the unit, where they allegedly refilled small cylinders from LPG cylinders procured by people from gas agencies and later sell them in the market, he said.