Burglar’s arrest help solve 20 pending cases in Rabale

A 45-year-old history-sheeter has been arrested for his alleged involvement in 20 cases of housebreaking, which were committed under the Rabale police jurisdiction in the last two years. The Navi Mumbai crime branch also recovered 602 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 28.32 lakh from the accused identified as Santosh Tranbak Ghanghaw, a Kalwa resident.

A housebreaking case was registered on August 26 at Rabale police station, after gold jewellery worth Rs 10.85 lakh was stolen from a house in Airoli's sector 3 on the night of August 28. Previously, a housebreaking case was reported on July 9. While investigating both cases simultaneously, the Rabale police gathered CCTV footage of all the areas concerned.

“A team worked for around seven days on CCTV footage of both cases. With the technical help, the team zeroed in on the accused,” said a senior official from the crime branch. He added that they searched the contact number of the accused and found that he was in the Kalwa area.

The team then laid a trap and nabbed Ghanghaw on September 7 from Kalwa Bridge in Thane. During interrogation,

Stolen booty worth `28.32 lakh has been recovered from his possession

the police came to know that he committed around 20 housebreaking crimes in Rabale and Koparkhairane police station areas. Of the 20 cases, 12 were committed this year, while the rest eight offences took place last year.

In the past, Ghanghaw was arrested in 14 cases committed in Panvel, Rabale, Taloja, Kalamboli and Koparkhairane.