Berhampur, Jan 30: Four persons, including an engineering student, were arrested in connection with a series of burglaries across nine locations in Odisha's Ganjam district, according to the police.
The arrested suspects had stolen items valued at over Rs 10 lakh, which were subsequently recovered.
Among the seized items were gold jewelry, mobile phones, computers, color printers, a water cooler, a water filter, a scooter, a digital weighing machine, and Rs 1.40 lakh in cash, along with tools used for breaking into houses, police officials informed.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the gang was involved in at least nine burglaries over the past five months. These included six incidents in the Gopalpur police station area, two in the Golanthara police station jurisdiction, and one in the Chamakhandi police station area.