Bengaluru: The Kothanur police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing expensive gadgets from malls and sports retail outlets.
The police have identified the accused as Syed Balli, 30, a graduate residing at Kammanahalli. in east Bengaluru.
According to the police, the accused resorted to shoplifting after failing to get a job. He was arrested while trying to sell an expensive camera allegedly stolen from a store in a mall. He told police that he would conceal stolen products in his undergarments.
On one of his visits to a well-known sports outlet, he claimed to have stolen goods worth Rs. 45,000, including a pair of riding glasses, a torch and a binocular.
Balli would remove the tag from the goods to evade security personnel, said the police, adding he was active for two years.
