The Chunabhatti police have finally recovered around 40 homing pigeons that are capable of finding their way home after travelling even 1,500 km, which were stolen more than a month ago. Cops had earlier arrested the thief, Jishan Waris Khan, 23, and during the interrogation, learnt that he had sold the pigeons to a friend and went undercover. Following this, the cops raided the friend’s residence and recovered the birds.

The birds originally belonged to Ahmed Khalil Sayyed, a 23-year-old resident of Qureshi Nagar in Kurla. Sayyed bought the birds for his children and trained them as a hobby. As per sources, one such avian costs around R2,700. The theft took place on November 7, following which Sayyed filed a complaint with the police.