Three people have been arrested for allegedly stealing items worth Rs 76 lakh from a truck in Bhiwandi in Thane district, police said.

The theft took place on August 9 near a godown in the Dapoda area and a probe zeroed in on Rajkumar Pal (28), Shivanand Pawar (21) and Vinayak Jagtap (24), all drivers working in the vicinity, Senior Inspector Maloji Shinde of Narpoli police station said.