Sivakasi police crack theft case with arrest of four persons
Police in Virudhunagar district arrested four individuals involved in a house burglary in Sivakasi. Authorities are currently searching for four additional suspects who fled the scene in an SUV.
Why it matters
The case highlights regional law enforcement efforts to track organized criminal gangs using surveillance technology and inter-district coordination.
Virudhunagar district police have cracked the July 5 house burglary in Ayyappan Colony in Sivakasi with the arrest of four persons from Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts.
The police said that four more accused were absconding and the police have launched a manhunt for them.
A police officer said one of the accused was wanted in several criminal cases reported in different parts of the State.
The accused from Tirunelveli and Tiruchi districts had come in an SUV from Tiruchi. After having roamed around Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts in the SUV, the team had again entered Virudhunagar district.
They had come to Sivakasi and had spent good time at a residential area along the main road in Sivakasi. They had been looking for locked houses.
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