A robbery attempt was foiled on Monday after a Thane-based jewellery shop owner visited the shop at odd hours for some work and caught one of the accused red-handed.

The incident took place at the outlet located in the Kopri area when the accused were engaged in carpentry work in an adjacent shop. The accused had rented the shop adjacent to the jewellery outlet on the pretext of setting up a farsan outlet. On Monday around 1.30 pm, Dilip Kataria, owner of Bhawani Jewellers, visited the shop for some work. When he opened the shutter of the shop, he was shocked to find a man inside the shop. He started shouting, nabbed the man and called the Thane Police Control room. Kopri cops rushed to the spot.