kochi kochi city police registered five more cases on tuesday for illicit waste dumping in public places the cases were registered at ernakulam north kannamali and palarivattom police stationsjosy 70 of chalakkadavu in chellanam was booked by kannamali police after he allegedly dumped garbage near the bus stop in chalakkadavuernakulam north police registered two cases in the first case najeemudeen 45 of punnayurkulam in thrissur was booked after food waste from his shop kaloor fast food and tea shop was dumped in a public placein the second case pv xavier 47 of kakkulasserry in thrissur was booked after food waste from his shop marine caf situated near kaloor judges avenue junction was dumped in a public place in kaloorpalarivattom police registered a case against biju xavier 47 who allegedly dumped garbage at chalikkavattom in edappally palarivattom police also booked ps riyas 30 of ernakulam after he allegedly dumped garbage along the road near jln metro stationfour held in theft casekochi four persons including a minor boy were arrested by vadakkekara police on wednesday in connection with various theft cases the arrested were identified as minzal 18 suraj alias vichu 20 varghese paul alias akhil 28 and a 17yearold boy all hailing from chendamangalam they have been accused of stealing electric bikes from various houses in chendamangalamaccording to the police they stole around five scooters from various places the police said that they targeted houses having electric scooters and after the heist they made alterations to the vehicle and sold them they were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody