PATNA: Police claimed to have busted a gang of phone snatchers and drug peddlers as two of its members were arrested in Gardanibagh with 34 looted cellphones, three sports bikes, two handbags, ornaments and drugs on Saturday night.
Gardanibagh SHO Arun Kumar said those arrested were Golu Kumar alias Vicky (22) and Rajkumar Paswan (23).
Kumar said 14 packets of brown sugar and 1.15kg ganja were recovered on their confession.
The SHO said Golu was an expert bike racer and had won a free sports bike worth around Rs3.5 lakh two years back.
“Golu and his gang used to snatch cellphones, bags from those walking or travelling in autorickshaws. They were also into drug peddling racket. Golu used to drive bikes during loot and snatching as he was expert in driving even in traffic jams,” he said.
He said the recoveries were made from a house near Lal Mandir. He said the gang has seven members. Five are evading arrest.
Sachivalaya ASP Kamya Mishra said police got to know about the gang while investigating a handbag loot from an autorickshaw.
"Police are tracing the owners of recovered cellphones. Golu and Rajkumar’s criminal antecedents are also being looking into," she said.
