Copper Caper Thwarted in Mumbai

Thirteen individuals have been arrested in Mumbai's Sion area for allegedly attempting to pilfer copper cables owned by the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), according to a local police report on Saturday.

The arrests followed a police alert that a group was clandestinely using an earth mover to extract cables from a duct in the early hours of Friday.

Upon reaching the site, a police team detained the group. An official complaint by MTNL corroborated the crime, leading to the seizure of the earth mover and the registration of a case.

(With inputs from agencies.)