Police have arrested a 32-year-old former journalist from Dombivli in Maharashtra`s Thane district for allegedly stealing valuables by breaking into houses, an official said on Wednesday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (zone III - Kalyan) Sachin Gunjal said, "Of late, the number of house break-in and theft cases had gone up in the Kalyan-Dombivli region. The police had formed teams that worked on various leads, including the CCTV footages and intelligence inputs, finally nabbed the accused."