Mumbai Crime Branch cops disguised as engineers have arrested a man who disappeared with a rented drilling machine worth Rs 76 lakh. The accused had switched off his phone sometime after taking the equipment on rent.

The operation was conducted by Unit II of the Crime Branch. Accused Ishak Mulla, 38, had leased the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) machine from Vikram Tele Infra Pvt Ltd on October 11. The machine had to be returned after the completion of the work.