The Tardeo police have arrested a delivery executive of a courier service provider, which works with various e-commerce platforms, for returning knockoffs of branded smartwatches ordered via a major online fashion retail store.

Police said Saif Ali Shah, 25, and his friend named Ashfaq pocketed four smartwatches worth Rs 58,480. Shah, a resident of Nagpada in south Mumbai, claimed to have handed over all the products to Ashfaq, who is absconding, they added.