A consignment of baby products worth Rs 7.5 lakh, headed to a godown in Howrah’s Uluberia for sale through an online portal, was stolen and hidden at Maheshtala in South 24-Parganas, police said.

The consignment was recovered after tracking a former employee of the firm engaged in transporting the goods, the police said.

Cops scanned footage of CCTV cameras outside the transport firm, following a complaint by the company that owns the products, and found S. Mohan Rao moving around the truck minutes before it left. This made the cops suspicious.

He was arrested on August 10. Preliminary inquiry revealed Rao had planned the theft with the truck driver, its owner and others.

“The truck left the Taratala godown on August 3. It crossed Vivekananda Setu and Dhulagarh to enter the Barrackpore area via the Nivedita Setu,” an officer said.

The footage of CCTV cameras at the toll plazas on the truck’s route was scanned to track its movement.

The goods were shifted to another truck at Madhyamgram and taken to a warehouse at Shibrampur, Maheshtala. The first truck was abandoned at a parking lot along East Canal Road.

Based on Rao’s statement, the police reached the warehouse and recovered the goods on Tuesday. The owner of the warehouse, Jitendra Roy, has been arrested.The truck driver, Debendra, and its owner, Phul Chand Mali, are still to be arrested..