Annamayya police bust inter-district chain-snatching gang; five held, gold worth ₹11.62 lakh seized

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Police unit   with the members of a chain-snatching pack  arrested astatine  Madanapalle successful  Annamayya territory  connected  Tuesday.

Police unit with the members of a chain-snatching pack arrested astatine Madanapalle successful Annamayya territory connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The Annamayya territory constabulary connected Tuesday (May 5, 2026) arrested 5 members of an inter-district chain-snatching gang, including 2 women, and seized golden jewellery worthy ₹11.62 lakh, 4 mobile phones and 2 motorbikes from them.

The Madanapalle sub-division constabulary said the arrests were made adjacent the Yetigadda Shiva temple on the Madanapalle-Tirupati highway, arsenic a follow-up to nationalist complaints implicit a spate of thefts targeting women. The arrests pertained to six antithetic cases reported successful the district.

Published - May 05, 2026 05:47 p.m. IST

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