The breakthrough came after a Massey Ferguson tractor and rotavator were stolen from a locked shed in Pullalacheruvu on May 10.
Nellore: Prakasam Police on Saturday arrested a tractor driver-turned-thief for stealing farm equipment worth Rs 14.6 lakh across multiple mandals in the district.
Dudekula Hussain (33) from Palnadu district targeted unattended tractors, trailers, rotavators and water tankers. He stole them at night after surveying villages during the day. He confessed to funding his vices and affairs through the thefts.
The breakthrough came after a Massey Ferguson tractor and rotavator were stolen from a locked shed in Pullalacheruvu on May 10. Acting under the supervision of senior officers, police used CCTV footage and technical surveillance to track down Hussain near Guttlapalle village on May 16.
Recovered items include two tractors, two trailers, two rotavators and one water tanker.
Hussain had hidden the stolen goods behind his house, planning to sell them all at once
