The city police have cracked a series of burglary cases in Brahmapur by arresting members of an inter-State burglary gang and receivers of the articles.
The police stumbled upon the gang while investigating into a burglary under the Nimaknadi police station, said Brahmapur SP Sarvan Vivek M.
According to police, the main accused Sania Gouda (47) of Brahmapur and three other receivers were arrested and the stolen gold was seized from them. It has revealed the involvement of the accused in 16 different burglary cases.
All the stolen gold and silver valuable ornaments were returned to the rightful owners in a programme organised at the Berhampur SP office on Friday.
Police claimed that a total of gold weighing 1,320.05 gram and silver weighing 400 gram were handed over to the victims.
