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Caught on CCTV: Women posing as customers smoothly steal several silk saris from a Chennai boutique

The thieves couriered the stolen items to a Tamil Nadu police station after finding out that the police were closing in on them.

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Nov 10, 2023 · 01:21 pm
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In an unusual response to police probe and pressure, a group of women thieves wanted in connection with the theft of silk sarees from shops, sent all the stolen sarees as ‘parcels’ to the police station concerned.@Selvaraj_Crime pic.twitter.com/0m0YjjdyKT

— A Selvaraj (@Crime_Selvaraj) November 9, 2023

The video clip shows three women forming a row, while one woman took the sarees from the table and tucked them in between her thighs. Later she moved on, while the other women followed her and escaped.

— A Selvaraj (@Crime_Selvaraj) November 9, 2023
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