Udupi: Thieves took away 2.5 kg of silver ornaments worth around Rs 1.5 Lakh from Deepak Jewellers and Rs. 20,000 cash from Ultra Tech Cement store at Gundibail and Kalsanka Road in Udupi in the early hours of Wednesday, March 8.

The shutter of a digital studio in the vicinity was broken and found lifted up but nothing seemed to have gone missing. The cash drawer of Ultra Tech Cement shop was broken open. The thieves did not touch the laptop and other valuables in the shop.

Footage from a CCTV camera installed in the neighbourhood showed a goods vehicle getting parked in front of these shops and two people alighting from it.

Senior police officials including DySP Kumaraswamy and others have visited the spot and police are investigating the case to nab the thieves.