The Nalasopara local Crime Branch has cracked the robbery at the United States Petro Finance Limited's gold loan office at Nalasopara after 10 months. They recently arrested 10 people accused in it and are looking for others involved in the crime. The police have recovered all the properties (including gold and cash) worth around Rs 1.72 crore.

According to the police sources, the accused are members of three different gangs from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Their leaders are friends and they all come together only to carry out big robberies. It was the same (combined) gang that robbed a gold finance company in Vapi this January and escaped with Rs 3 lakh cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 6.56 crore. They are also involved in the Rs 6.59 crore diamond robbery incident in Mankhurd in the year 2018.