13 Arrested for Stealing MTNL Cables in Mumbai's Kandivali

In Mumbai, a city in India, some people are accused of stealing very long cables that carry telephone signals underground.

The cables belong to a company called MTNL.

The police, called the Samta Nagar Police, arrested 13 people who they believe were part of a group that stole the cables.

The stolen cables were worth about nine lakh rupees, which is a lot of money.

A worker from MTNL told the police about the missing cables, and the police started an investigation.

The police also took a big digging machine called a JCB, which they think was used to dig up the cables, plus two mobile phones.

All the things the police took are worth more than twenty lakh rupees.

The police say they are still looking for other people who may have helped with the theft.

Now the arrested people may have to go to court to answer for what happened.