The Trombay police have arrested two railway cops and a Mangalore-based jeweller’s employee for allegedly stealing 4.5 kilograms of gold worth R2.47 crore and R1.16 lakh in cash. The trio had conspired to fake a robbery and the worker, Nitin Patil, 28, even took sleeping pills before lying down near railway tracks in Navi Mumbai. But after he was discovered by railway cops and sent to Trombay police station to register an FIR, the plot was foiled and he spilt the beans. The cops have recovered all the stolen articles.

On December 8 morning, Trombay cops received a call from Vashi Railway police stating that a person had been found near the tracks close to Juinagar railway station. “Patil was brought to the police station. He claimed that he had boarded a luxury bus from Mangalore on the night of December 6 and was scheduled to deboard at Sion but somebody had drugged him and snatched 4.5 kg of gold and cash worth Rs 1.16 lakh,” said an officer from Trombay police station.