Highway jewellery heist main suspect secured

Coimbatore | Friday | 18th January, 2019

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The recovered gold ornaments were handed over to a court in Andhra Pradesh. "Firoz had put together the 12-member gang to steal the gold ornaments that were transported to Coimbatore from a jewellery shop in Kerala last week. He had handed over the stolen gold ornaments to Salim and Shama and they were trying to sell the valuables in Tirumala " an officer with the rural police said. COIMBATORE/TIRUPATI: The Coimbatore rural police have secured Sriperumpudur-based Mohammed Firoz, the mastermind behind the recent highway robbery, from Andhra Pradesh and are in the process of recovering 2kg of the stolen gold and diamond ornaments from the neighbouring state. According to some police sources, officers with the central crime police station in Tirumala had recovered the 60.51lakh-worth ornaments from a car during a vehicle check..