Ongole: Prakasam district police arrested four persons and recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 18 lakh on Thursday after a daytime burglary at a locked house in Maddipadu mandal. Ongole DSP R Srinivasa Rao said that the accused broke open the door of the house of the complainant, Meesala Venkata Vamsi Krishna in Maddipadu village around noon on July 23 while the family had gone to Ongole. They stole around 26 sovereigns of gold jewellery from the almirah inside the house. Special teams led by Ongole Rural CI M Seshagiria Rao and Maddipadu SI G Venkata Surya, under the supervision of Ongole SDPO R Srinivasa Rao, traced the vehicle and arrested the accused at Gundlapalli village. Police recovered 157.5 grams of gold jewellery, Rs 51000 cash, and the Innova car bearing registration AP 27 TX 7738.