Man wanted in multiple theft cases arrested

Kochi: Ernakulam Rural police on Saturday arrested a 61-year-old man wanted in several theft cases. Police said Babu A alias Theevatti Babu of Kollam, who has over 40 active theft cases against him across the state, was nabbed within 24 hours of breaking into a shop in Pulluvazhi overnight, from which Rs 15,000 cash, a mobile phone and a tablet were stolen.

CCTV footage helped Kuruppadi police track and arrest him from Perumbavoor. He was remanded in judicial custody. Man held with opium: Nedubasssery police arrested Manomohan Singh, 54, from Patiala after CISF personnel at Kochi airport recovered 25 grams of suspected opium from his cap during frisking. Man held under KAAPA: Ernakulam Rural police detained a 38-year-old man under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act and lodged him in Viyyur Central Prison. Vishnu K was arrested in connection with an incident in April in which he and an accomplice stabbed a bus driver at Aluva private bus stand and attacked another employee, besides smashing a windscreen. He has three attempt-to-murder cases against him.