Delhi: Cash and jewellery worth over Rs 2 crore recovered in just two months

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police seems to be on a recovery spree with figures of seizures in the past two months touching a record high. While it has recovered about Rs 60 lakh in cash, the total worth of recovered jewellery in June and July is pegged at over Rs 2 crore, data released by police shows.
Police commissioner SN Shrivastava had earlier instructed all the units to focus on the recovery of snatched/stolen items from arrested criminals before concluding the investigation of a case.

On Saturday, cops in central Delhi caught one Sabuddin who used to buy stolen properties. Eight mobile phones that were snatched from different parts of the city in the past one month were recovered from him. Efforts are now being made to track down the snatchers.
“We are after receivers and middlemen since recoveries from these people lead us to the entire criminal nexus starting from the robbers to the final users,” said a police officer.
He explained that linking these recoveries to the crimes helps them prepare a watertight chargesheet against the criminals.
During the post-lockdown period, chances of recovering stolen or robbed items from criminals have gone up due to the decline in the number of illegal businesses that ran from grey markets.
“The number of buyers has dipped considerably. The suspension of interstate travel too has reduced the instances of criminals travelling outside the state to dispose of stolen properties,” said a police officer.
According to another data, the recovery of illegal items from the possession of criminals saw nearly a 50% spike in the post-lockdown period between June and July. The cops recovered 515 illegal firearms compared with 228 recovered between March and May.
Police say the demand for illegal weapons is high in Delhi post the lockdown as criminals released on bail have started going back to committing crime. “The crackdown on weapon suppliers provides a route to track down these criminals as well,” said a senior officer.
With commuting to areas like Meerut, Khargone and Munger becoming difficult due to the restriction on movement, arms suppliers were found to have gone local, tapping illegal factories that had been set up within 200km from Delhi. Efforts are being made to bust these as well.
The seizure of liquor went up from 54,000 bottles in the months of April and May to 96,484 bottles in June and July. The closure of liquor vends after the lockdown had led to a sudden spike in the consumption of illegal liquor.
The cops have also cracked down on drug dealers in the past two months and seized 28kg of smack and 908.7kg of ganja. Last month, Delhi Police’s Special Cell had caught a huge consignment of drugs being ferried in a car.