Tamil Nadu police seized 38 kg of silver ornaments, Rs four lakh worth of gold jewels and Rs 13 lakh in cash following the arrest of two persons on Wednesday, director general of police B P Nailwal said on Thursday. Displaying the ornaments and cash, he said that the arrests and seizures were made by the special teams formed following the alarming number of burglaries in isolated jewellery shops in Chengalpattu east district since November last. He said that the silver ornaments and cash were recovered from the arrested persons while the gold jewellery was seized from from a receiver. Four more persons wanted in connection with the robberies were absconding, he said.
Interrogation of the arrested revealed that they had stolen 8.25 kg of gold jewellery and 75.5 kg of silver totally valued at Rs 40 lakh, Nailwal said.
Stating the criminals operating in the city were mostly from outside, he said that the police force had designed its operations in a manner that could bring down the crime rate in the city.

Bureau Report