A theft incident took Nagpur residents by storm, where a gang broke into a house and decamped with valuables worth more than INR 70 lakh and a car.
It took place at a bungalow in Mankapur police station area of Nagpur in Maharashtra earlier this week.
The house owner was away on a holiday, when the unidentified accused broke into the premises and stole valuables including gold jewellery and fled in the victim's car, officials added.
Indian made foreign liquor worth INR 3.68 lakh being smuggled in three cars into dry Gujarat from Palghar in Maharashtra was seized in the early hours of Sunday, May 21, police further added.
The operation was carried out after a tip off was received that one Azad Nasumuddin Hafez from Navsari in Gujarat was allegedly smuggling IMFL from Dhule in Maharashtra to the neighbouring state via Jawhar-Mokhada, Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil.
A trap was laid at Nilmati in Mokhada at 3:30 am. One car did not stop at the nakabandi spot but was chased down. Driver Amrutlal Dodeja was held after a brief chase, during which he tried to assault police. His questioning led to arrest of his associate Lalitkumar Sumad who was driving another liquor-laden car.
A case under sections 454 (house trespass), 380 (theft) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered in this regard.
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