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Two arrested

Special Correspondent

COIMBATORE: A close watch on the parking lots in the city paid off for the city police when they apprehended two persons who allegedly stole valuables from cars.

On complaints of items vanishing from parked vehicles, the City Police Commissioner, Karan Singha, had ordered the monitoring of the parking lots. A team that kept watch on the lots across the city apprehended two persons - Chellaperumal (26) of Devakottai and Pradeesh (26) of Kerala.

The police recovered valuables such as gold jewellery, a laptop computer, digital video disc player and mobile phones from them. According to police, the two became friends while working in a car agency on Mettupalayam Road. They took to opening cars, using their knowledge of how the locks worked, and removing valuables to live a luxurious life.

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