55 sovereigns of gold jewellery recovered from serial burglars

Coimbatore: The rural police recovered 55.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments worth Rs 25 lakh from two burglars on Thursday.
The arrested people were identified as M Mohammed Yasin, 31, of Anaimalai near Pollachi and K Pandian, 30, of Nehru Nagar at Makkinampatti near Pollachi. “The duo had decamped with gold ornaments and silver articles from a house at Suleswaranpatti near Pollachi. They broke into a house at Anbu Nagar on the Pollachi – Palakkad Road and stole cash. They also looted gold ornaments from a house at Kariyanchettipalayam near Kottur,” a police officer said.
A team led by Pollachi sub-division DSP K G Sivakumar and inspector Mahendran that investigated the serial burglaries nabbed Yasin and Pandian from near the Suleswaranpatti panchayat office on Thursday. They were remanded in judicial custody.
The duo had also stolen 793 bottles of liquor worth Rs 1.4 lakh from a Tasmac outlet at Vanjipalayam Pirivu near Pollachi in June, police sources said.