The Alappuzha South police on Thursday arrested three people, including a woman, for stealing a bag containing a pistol belonging to a policeman.
According to officials, the accused lifted the bag containing a service revolver and some documents while police personnel from the A.R. Camp, Alappuzha were taking an accused in a case to the district jail after presenting in a local court here in a private bus.
After examining CCTV footage, the police identified the gang and nabbed its members from Alappuzha beach. The pistol was recovered from a bag in the possession of Sandhya.
