Thane Crime: Two arrested for stealing scooters

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Two persons hailing from Panvel in adjoining Raigad district have been arrested in Thane city on charges of stealing scooters, police said on Friday. Officials of the Crime Unit V (Wagle Estate) nabbed the duo, Kiran Dhodu Bhalekar, 21, and Mayur Anant Patil, 33, on Thursday, they said.

Senior Inspector Vikas Ghodke said acting on a tip-off that two persons were coming to Shastri Nagar to sell stolen scooters at half their price, police laid a trap and nabbed them. The police have recovered seven scooters stolen by them between 2018 and 2021 in Panvel and Khandeshwar areas, he said.

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