Five miscreants were nabbed from Chouksey Nagar under Gautam Nagar area on Sunday and the police recovered 17 gold chains and two motorbikes worth `10 lakh from their possession. The miscreants confessed to have committed 18 robberies.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off, two youths, who were trying to sell gold chain, were nabbed from Chinar building in Chouksey Nagar.
The two youths were identified as Manoj and Saddam and recovered four gold chains from their possession and in the interrogation, they confessed about the involvement in robberies with the help of three other miscreants, who were later nabbed.
The five miscreants were identified as Manoj alias Chandrakant (22), Saddam Khan (19), Zuber Khan (27), Durgesh lohar (30) and Rahul Climent (23).
All the nabbed miscreants work as labourers and to make fast money, they started to commit robbery in different part of the city.
Accused said that they used to distract the victim and the others would then snatch the gold chain. In most of the robberies, the miscreants have used two motorbikes, on which the miscreants on one bike distracted the victim while the miscreants on the other bike used to commit robbery.
During the initial investigation, police found that the miscreants were habitual drinker and drug addicts and used to spend the money on liquor and drugs.
Police have recovered 17 gold chains and the two motorbikes used in the robberies from their possession.
During the investigation, Golu alias Albert was nabbed, who used to dispose the gold chains robbed by the miscreants. Golu had worked with a jewellery shop and started to work from home.