Nine members of a gang of jewellery shoplifters were arrested along with stolen gold in the Sylhet city early Monday.
The police also seized a microbus and a pick-up van used by the gang men when they were fleeing after committing burglary, the Kotwali police said.
The arrested were identified as Khorshid Alam Mintu, 41, and Mohammad Ali, 35, of Khilgaon in Dhakak and Khokan, 30, and Raja Miah, 22, of Pagla, and Jamal Hosen, 25, of Khalpur under Fatulla Police Station and Raju Miah, 22, of Debupara Road under Kotwali Police Station in Narayanganj and Abdul Mazid, 24, of Dhamdhama in Feni district headquarters, Firoz Alam Rubel, 24, of Ladhua under Raypur upazila in Lakshmipur and Monir Hosen, 27, of Krishnapur, under Laksham in Comilla.
The police said the miscreants stole gold ornaments of Nayan Jewelers at Shahi Eidgah in the city after breaking the lock of the shop in the early hours of Monday.
Informed, a team of Kotwali police challenged a microbus and a pick-up van at Naiorpul in the city at about 5:00am and seized a locker containing stolen gold ornaments.
The lawmen seized the two vehicles and arrested seven persons.
Following the statements of the arrested, the police also arrested two others of their group from a hotel at Dargah Gate in the city, the sources said.
Source : New Age
