India, July 20 -- Five people including two minors were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly trespassing into houses and stealing jewellery and valuables from locked houses in Greater Noida, police said, adding that jewellery worth Rs.20 lakh was recovered from their possession.

All five have been booked at Dadri and Beta 2 police stations, said officials.

According to police, the action followed four theft cases reported at the Dadri and Beta 2 police stations in the last one month in which the houses were burgled in Sectors XU-1, Omicron-2 in Dadri, and a society in Chi-5 sector.

"After back-to-back theft cases, a team was formed to trace the suspects," said a police officer, adding that on Sunday, police were tipped off about their m...