Officials attached to NRI Coastal Police Station have arrested two persons, and are searching for two, for allegedly breaking into multiple flats. The modus operandi of the accused was to get a job in a housing society and keep a watch on the movement of residents and closed flats. Once the accused got a complete wind of these, a tip-off was given to others in the gang who would enter the society as delivery boys and steal valuables.

In the latest offence, the accused had managed to steal valuables worth Rs 25.19 lakh. The police, however, managed to recover valuables worth Rs 21.20 lakh.