A 32-year-old private cab driver from Naigaon was arrested on Friday after he allegedly snatched gold ornaments from women he was ferrying in his car, and from women who he stopped to ask for directions to a fictitious address. The Charkop police said the accused is a professional thief.

One such attack in the Charkop area last week was captured by a CCTV camera and the police traced the car number and caught the accused from Naigaon on Friday. They recovered the stolen ornaments from the cab. According to police sources, the accused has been identified as Sunil Sakpal.