Ongole, May 24 -- The police arrested two notorious burglars and recovered gold jewellery, silver ornaments and cash Rs 5.95 lakh, total worth over Rs 37 lakh.

Prakasam district SP V Harshavardhan Raju told the media here today that a burglary took place on May 12 in Venkateswara Hardware shop in Chimakurthy town and the owner lodged a complaint.

The police formed a special team led by DSP R Srinivasa Rao, CI D Prasad and the SP monitored the investigation. The team collected clues at the scene of the offence and examined the CCTV footage.

The police team, on a tip off, conducted checking of vehicles at Nandamarella village of Kanigiri mandal on May 22. The police team noticed two persons were moving on a motorcycle in a suspicious manne...