Palayamkottai Crime Prevention Police on Saturday arrested three persons, including a woman, allegedly involved in a series of burglaries.
The police also recovered 50 sovereigns of gold, a car, three two-wheelers, six television sets, seven laptops, 10 DVD players, six digital cameras and other electronic gadgets from them, police sources said.
In the wake of a series of house break-ins reported with Palayamkottai and Perumalpuram police, a special team was formed on the orders of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Tirunelveli City, T.P. Suresh Kumar, to nab the accused. The team, led by Inspector of Police (Crime), Palayamkottai, P. Kalai Kathiravan, arrested the trio alleged to have been involved in several incidents of house break-ins during night hours.
The modus operandi of the gang was that two women would stand in front of locked houses after alighting from the car, while the two men would gainentry into the houses after breaking open door locks, and decamp with valuables.
Twenty five cases of house break-ins had been reported since 2011 and a total of 84 sovereigns of gold were reportedly stolen.
While P. Vetrivel alias Kannan (28) of Koodal Nagar, Madurai, S. Rahul (24) of South Kannankulam of Nageroil and Sivakami (62), wife of Palraj, Koodal Nagar were arrested on Saturday.
Sageetha (27), wife of Vetrivel, had been arrested on Thursday.
