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Sting operations help cops nab thieves who stole Rs 32 lakh pen drives
Updated On: 17 December, 2013 06:28 AM IST | | Saurabh Vaktania
The Sahar-based duo had stolen the devices from a truck in August, while the driver and cleaner of the vehicle were sleeping
Prakash Sawant (51) and Julfikar Khan (27) bit off a few more gigabytes than they could chew. Sahar police officials have apprehended the duo involved in the robbery of 8,250 pen drives in August. The devices with denominations of 4, 16 and 32 GB are valued at about Rs 32 lakh. Cops alleged that the duo had swiped the merchandise from a truck and locked it again. The incident took place in the wee hours, while the driver and the cleaner of the vehicle were asleep.u00a0
The matter was reported to Sahar police on August 14. The driver and cleaner had been handed the consignment late at night. While they were in deep slumber, the crooks stole the goods, and locked the shutter of the truck. However, after a case was registered, cops couldn’t get any leads, and finally decided to conduct some sting operations.
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