Thiruvananthapuram : Seven pickpockets were arrested from Sabarimala last evening, police said.
They have been identified as Ramraj (35), Pazhaniyappan (39), Muthurajan (30), Arasan (53), Pandyan (30), Maruthumuthu (38) and Mani (55), police said.
The culprits were loitering in areas like Marakkoottam and Charelmedu in the devotees’ attire.
All of them belonged to Theni district of Tamil Nadu. Mani and Arasan were arrested for the same crime at Sabarimala previous years also, police said.
Police seized 15 mobile phones and Rs 16,000 from them.
Efforts were on to trace the real owners of the mobile phones to give back, police added.