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MAPUSA
Mapusa Police arrested three persons in attempted burglary of some shops in Mapusa market in the wee hours of Wednesday and recovered goods worth Rs 1 lakh from them. A Mapusa court remanded all the three accused to seven days police custody.
Mapusa PI, Kapil Nayak informed that a police team on night patrol in Mapusa market noticed some persons on the roof of the shops and found their movement suspicious.
The patrolling team immediately alerted the police station. Mapusa PI informed that the accused had broken the cement roofing sheets to gain entry into the shop.
“We found one person on top of the roof keeping a watch while other two ransacking the shop inside,” PI Nayak said.
Police gained entry into the shops and caught all the three accused red-handed.
The three accused Nawazuddin Bepari (40), Shahbaz Bepari (29) and Shabbir Attar Gani (25) all residents of Belgaum were apprehended and booked under relevant section of the IPC.
According to Mapusa PI the three accused could be involved in earlier burglaries that happened in Mapusa market.
In the meanwhile the Superintendent of Police has announced a reward to the police patrol team who were instrumental in detecting the attempted burglary.
