Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- In a joint operation, the Charminar Zone Task Force and Saidabad police apprehended a chain snatcher on Sunday, November 1, and recovered stolen property valued at approximately Rs 3.50 lakh.

Police seized a stolen gold chain weighing 17.16 grams along with a two-wheeler used during the commission of the crime.

The accused Mohammed Ghouse Pasha alias Ghouse snatched the chain from an elderly woman at Bank Colony, Venture 1, Gaddiannaram in Saidabad.

Driven by mounting cricket betting debts, the 28-year-old bike mechanic turned to chain snatching before he was tracked down and arrested. A resident of Balapur, the accused Ghouse worked at a mechanic shop near Ali Cafe X-Roads in Amberpet.

He had accumulated substant...