The Mumbai Police arrested a 23-year-old man from Navi Mumbai's Kamothe area for allegedly stealing gold and other valuables after breaking into over a dozen houses in Khar. Taking to Twitter, Mumbai Police said the Khar-Danda area witnessed a series of break-ins since the COVID-19 enforced lockdown began.

The 'Golden' Ticket To Jail!
An investigation was launched by the Khar police station after reports of multiple break-ins in the Khar-Danda area, leading to the arrest of two men on Saturday.
They were melting and reselling the stolen gold.#AllThatGilitters#MumbaiFirst pic.twitter.com/5ojMTDJz2K

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) October 7, 2020

The accused's accomplice, identified as Saddam Shaikh alias Bengali (22), who used to fly down from another city to melt the gold was also arrested. Police officials said that the accused confessed of having committed the crimes and also gave information about his accomplice, a jeweller from West Bengal. Police officials said that the accused took the accomplice's help to melt and redesign gold which was later sold to unsuspecting jewellers.