The RAK Marg Police arrested a 35-year-old serial car thief who was wanted in multiple cases of motor vehicle theft and house break-ins across Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and parts of Pune and Nashik in Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.

According to police officials, the matter surfaced last month when a Byculla resident approached the police, stating that his car, parked near a garden on RAK Marg, had gone missing. The accused had broken into the vehicle using specialised tools and fled with it. Based on the complaint, a case under Section 303 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered, and a police team was formed to trace the culprit.

The team examined footage from at least 150 CCTV cameras across Wadala, Sewri, Kalachowki, Cotton Green, Mazgaon, Byculla, JJ Marg, Nagpada, Mumbai Central, Worli, Parel, Dadar, Matunga, and Sion to narrow down the accused’s movements, said an official.