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Police arrest five inter-district thieves

Chittoor, AP, Mar 18 (UNI) The police arrested five inter-district notorious thieves and recovered booty worth Rs 35 lakh from them.

Superintendent of Police VN Manikanta Chandolu told the media here on Tuesday that the five notorious criminals were involved in many offences in various districts.

The five notorious thieves committed chain snatchings, thefts, bike lifting, and burglaries in temples and houses. The police recovered gold jewellery weighing 316 grams, 3.15 kg silver ornaments, and two motorcycles, worth over Rs 35 lakh.
A special team led by CI E Krishna Mohan, supervised by Sub-Division DSP T Sainath, arrested the accused at P Kothapet Old Road.
The arrested thieves were Galla Hemachandra, Kondaraju Suresh , Sheik Mastan , Poli Vara Prasad, and R Sanjay Kumar.
Galla Hemachandra was involved in over 60 offences in various police station limits in different districts. Kondaraju Suresh was involved in over 27 criminal cases and Sheik Mastan was involved in 57 criminal cases. Poli Vara Prasad committed one crime. The preventive Detention (PD) Act was invoked against Hendrachandra and Suresh in Gajulamandyam police station in 2022. They committed crimes in Chittoor, Kadapa, Kavali, Kurnool, Badvel and other areas.
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