PERNEM
Three persons have been arrested on charges of burglaries in different places along the Pernem coast and stolen goods worth Rs 13 lakh have been recovered from them.
According to police reports, burglars would break into houses at different places like Ashwem, Morjim, Mandrem and Arambol areas. They would target foreign and domestic tourists by stealing their valuable items like their professional cameras, camera lenses, mobile phones, bluetooth speakers, Apple Ipods, cash, etc.
Pernem Police had been on the track to nab the culprits, however they used to change the places and pattern of theft.
During investigation, Pernem police received information from reliable sources that the accused were operating in racket and are present in Calangute area.
Accordingly, different teams were formed under leadership of Pernem PI Dattaram Raut, PSI Harish Vaigankar and PSI Vivek Halarnkar.
Police later nabbed three accused, Sherief Rahman (45) of Kannur-Kerala, Shaji Madavan (42) of Kodagu-Karnataka and Sreethu Kumar (30) of Kannur-Kerala, from Candolim.
During investigation, it came on record that accused used to commit burglary by breaking the locks of the main door or by entering from the windows during the night time. After commission of crime, the accused used to flee to Karnataka and Kerala.
Pernem Police had recovered the stolen properties comprising smartphones of different brands, professional cameras, Apple Airpods and wireless bluetooth earphones, bluetooth speakers, wrist watches and a Ritz car, all worth Rs 13 lakh.
