Two members of a gang were arrested by the Mumbai Police in a Rs 1.81 crore copper theft case that was registered in the neighbouring Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday. The accused duo are identified as Wasim Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Sheikh (39) and Mohsin Ashraf Baloch (31), both residents of Nallasopara in Palghar district.

The duo were arrested by the property cell of the Crime Branch, said Dilip Sawant, DCP (Detection). Sheikh was wanted in a vehicle theft case in which his two aides were already arrested, he said. Police had seized nine vehicles from the accused persons which were used to commit robbery and dacoity on the highway in Thane and Palghar districts, he said.