Dimapur, January 14 (MExN): Kohima Police have arrested a serial burglar for stealing an astonishing amount of household goods and construction materials.
Acting on an FIR lodged by the residents of Jakhama Village, the Kohima Police arrested one person identified as Viphreto. A press note from the PRO, Kohima Police said that the accused was a “habitual offender” and has been charged with house breaking and stealing household goods and building materials.
A large number of items, ranging from beds to a rice cooker, were recovered by the police from the accused person’s possession after his arrest.
Police listed out the items recovered as : 8 LPG cylinders, 2 printers, 2 syntax drum (1000 litres and 300 litres), 6 Naga shawls, 4 Mekhelas, 3 wollen blankets, 1 table lamp with charger, 1 rice cooker, 1 pressure cooker, 1 LPG lamp, 6 plates and cups, 1 dinner set, 73 cgi sheets, 11 dunlop cushions, 2 rolls of barbed wires, 1 colour TV, 1 Naga dao, 2 wooden beds, 1 folding table, 2 table cloths and curtains, 2 pillow covers, 1 wooden stool, 1 iron saw and 2 iron levers.
After recovery, the items were returned to the rightful owner, police said. In this connection a regular case vide Khuzama P.S Case No. 001/16 U/S 457/450/380 IPC has been registered against the accused, who has been forwarded to judicial custody.
