The Ramachandrapuram Subdivision Police have arrested an elusive hardcore criminal involved in several burglaries and recovered from him Rs 5 lakh worth of stolen property. The Superintendent of Police, East Godavari, Dr C Trivikrama Varma told mediapersons here today Palivela Subrahmanyam (35), a native Uppada Village of Kothapalli Mandal, was a notorious criminal and wanted by police in property offences pertaining to eight police stations in the district. He had escaped the police dragnet for the last nine years and was trapped at the G Medapudu bus stand today.
The stolen property recovered from his possession include 20 soveriegns of gold ornaments, silver articles, ten cell phones and ten agricultural sprayers. UNI