margao the cuncolim police on saturday arrested three mumbaibased youth who confessed to their role in various thefts reported in salcete cuncolim police inspector pi gurudas kadam told stoi that the trio comprising 27yearold prashant shetty of wadala 34yearold mahindra pawar of worli and 25yearold suresh yedge of dhobitalao were arrested under section 399 of the indian penal code ipc and have been remanded to police custody till monday two of their accomplices one a local who would identify houses the gang could target are absconding shetty pawar and yedge were cornered on thursday attempting to burgle the residence of one lira cardozo at palmar grande chinchinim alerted by the continuous barking of her pet dogs at around 9pm cardozo spotted one of the men on her verandah she immediately called her neighbours and relatives who then encountered a youth slowriding a motorbike with a local as pillion their suspicions were aroused when the youth claimed he was looking for a mechanic he was handed over to the cuncolim police at around 1030pm