India, Aug. 15 -- A night-time theft that left several Coastal Road streetlights near NSCI without power has been solved with the arrest of five people, including a minor, Tardeo police said. The accused allegedly stole live copper cables from the Worli stretch and sold them to a scrap dealer, who police are now trying to trace.

The arrested accused have been identified as Hussain Kadir Shaikh alias Choko, 39, from Mahatma Phule Nagar slums in Worli, Nur Mohammad Amir Khan, 19, Aman Bilal Shaikh, 22, from Markandeshwar Nagar in Worli, and Jakir Shaikh, 19, from Kalyan. The minor was taken into custody and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.

According to police, the accused are fishermen from Worli who sleep on the jetty and alle...