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The Kandivli unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two drug suppliers from the Borivali area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, with `Heroin` drugs, reported news agency ANI. Reportedly, the cost of seized narcotics was worth Rs 1 crore 12 lakhs in the international markets, weighing around 280 grams. The police registered a case against the accusers under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) and presented them in court. Upon hearing the…

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The Kurar police have arrested two habitual robbers, Moin Qureshi (24) and Sohail Qureshi (19), for allegedly stealing a gold chain on a stolen motorbike. To avoid getting apprehended, the duo would change the colour of the motorbike in a garage in Kurla and mislead the authorities by attaching bogus number plates. The complainant, who lives in Malad East, said that on May 9, he parked his motorbike in Kurargaon. When he returned, he discovered the motorbike stolen…

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A Mumbai man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman on the pretext of offering a job to her, police said on Saturday. The accused Mumbai man has been identified as Joseph James, aged 50. According to an ANI report, the incident took place under the Worli police station in the city.  The Worli Police officials told ANI that the woman, who is a resident of Thane, was seeking a job and had sought help from…

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Police on Sunday arrested a 44-year-old man and his son, both street vendors, for allegedly trying to kill two persons following a quarrel over a banana in Maharashtra`s Thane district, an official said, reported news agency PTI. A 27-year-old man, who is a mandap decorator, and his friend purchased a dozen bananas from the vendors in Bhiwandi town on Saturday and made the payment for it. However, the man`s friend later picked up an extra banana from the…

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Mumbai Police conducted an overnight `All Out Operation` in the city ahead of voting in Mumbai on May 20 for Lok Sabha elections 2024 and held seven suspects who were either wanted or absconding in criminal cases, an official said. According to the police, Mumbai Police conducted the operation on the intervening night of May 18 and 19. The police said that top city police officials, including Additional Commissioners of Police, Deputy Police Commissioners (DCPs), Divisional Assistant Commissioners,…

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