Panchkula, April 13 -- Thieves struck at the market in Phase 2, Sector 19, and decamped with mobile phones and copper wiring of AC units from multiple shops on the intervening night between Thursday and Friday.

Pankaj Arya, who runs a mobile repair shop at the market, alerted the police about the thefts.

He said upon arriving at his shop on Friday morning, he was shocked to find the premises ransacked and the counter drawers open. On inspecting further, he found the lock of the rooftop door broken.

An inventory check confirmed the theft of a pair of Apple AirPods and six mobile phones that were left for repair by customers.

Later, it was revealed that the copper wiring of air-conditioning units at five to six adjacent shops had also b...