BENGALURU: Six states, 200 cops, a mountain of phone data and CCTV footage dump, and 72 hours of massive hunt. Plus human intelligence. With this, Bengaluru police have arrested six persons, including a police constable, and recovered Rs 6.29 crore of the Rs 7.11 crore spirited away from a bank van on Nov 19. The arrested include Annappa Naik of Govindapura police station in the east division; Xavier, a former employee of CMS Cash Management Services, which runs cash vans; Gopal Prasad, in charge of transport vehicle; their friends Naveen, Nelson and Ravi. The gang had executed a near-flawless, insider-assisted daring daylight heist: Three months of planning, 15-day recce, chose spots outside CCTV coverage, multiple vehicles with fake number plates, and communicated in different langua

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