Just a day after mid-day highlighted how outstation thieves were making their way to Mumbai to steal from unsuspecting devotees in the festive season, the Tardeo police have arrested two crooks from Gujarat who stole bikes from south Mumbai. The arrested accused had assumed that the cops would be too busy with bandobast duty to catch them.

The crooks — Arjun Luhana, 19, and Vishal Gautam, 21 — struck a week before the festivities began. On September 7, two Bullets were stolen from the jurisdiction of the Tardeo police station. "We registered an offence under IPC Section 379 and informed all the police stations, as well as neighbouring states, about the case," said an officer with Tardeo police. On Monday, the cops were contacted by the Local Crime branch of Vapi, Gujarat, stating that they had arrested two suspects with a Bullet that was stolen from Tardeo.