Ahmedabad, April 15 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch seized 412 grams of mephedrone valued at Rs 12.36 lakh and arrested two men during a raid in the Gheekanta area of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, officials said on Wednesday.Officials added that the operation followed specific intelligence inputs received during election-related patrolling.The raid was carried out on April 13 at a place near the Laxmi Mata temple, opposite Navtad Pol.Police said their team was on patrol to maintain law and order ahead …
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Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) Nearly five years after a murder and robbery case in 2021 went undetected in Chhattisgarh, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has now arrested the main accused, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Ajaykumar alias Lakshmisagar alias Kimtishri Mishra, was apprehended from Ahmedabad’s Naroda area after evading arrest for several years following the crime in Tikrapara, Raipur.Investigators said the case stemmed from a prolonged family dispute over property.Shakun…
Ahmedabad/Surat, March 19 (IANS) A counterfeit currency racket involving the manufacture and circulation of fake Rs 500 notes has been uncovered by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, with officers seizing Rs 2.38 crore in forged notes and arresting seven people, including a woman.The arrests were made on Wednesday night after officers intercepted a white Toyota Fortuner near Torrent Power in Amraiwadi, acting on specific Intelligence that counterfeit currency was being transported from Surat to Ahmedab…
Ahmedabad, March 9 (IANS) Security agencies conducted extensive searches at court complexes in Ahmedabad on Monday after bomb threat emails targeted the Gujarat High Court and the Ahmedabad Rural Court, prompting evacuations and suspending court activities. Officials said threatening emails warning of a bomb attack were sent to the High Court located in the Sola area and the rural court in Navrangpura.Following the alert, police deployed tight security at all entry points, while bomb dispo…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Indian intelligence agencies have warned that cases relating to hoax bomb threats are set to increase in the coming months, especially with a number of elections coming up.In the last year, many schools and airlines have been receiving such calls. The airline industry, in particular, was the hardest hit as a result of these calls, as the recalling and rescheduling of flights caused heavy losses.An Intelligence Bureau official said that this is a low-cost operation for t…
Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has uncovered an alleged illegal breeding and sale racket of exotic animals and birds operating from a residential flat in the Navrangpura area of the city, officials said on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence, officers raided a flat at Ravalbhai Apartment, where they found a large number of foreign species being kept and bred inside cages within the residential premises.Officials said several of the species are rare and fetch high prices …
Rajkot/Ahmedabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has recovered 40 kg of silver and arrested one person in connection with a major silver theft in Gujarat’s Rajkot, in which nearly 120 kg of silver was stolen, officials said on Sunday. The theft was reported on February 4 from the Champak Nagar area of Rajkot.According to the police, unidentified persons allegedly broke into a residential premises in the early hours of Sunday and stole silver worth more than Rs 1 crore.Officials said the…
Ahmedabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday arrested five members of a sophisticated interstate gang involved in defrauding major e-commerce platforms, including Flipkart and Amazon, and seized goods and equipment worth Rs 20.5 lakh.The arrested individuals have been identified as Ramlal alias Romil Gehlot (27), Manoj Kumar Mali (30), Bharat Kumar Sundesha (25), Vishal Panchal (29), all residents of Jalore, Rajasthan, and Vishal Bavri, a resident of Surat.Two other members, Ri…
Ahmedabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch, in a joint operation with Banaskantha Police, has arrested Yunus, identified as the suspected kingpin and main supplier in an organised child kidnapping and trafficking racket, officials said on Wednesday.The arrest is directly linked to the investigation into the trafficking of a 15-day-old infant rescued on January 29 and is being treated as a key development in the case.Speaking to IANS, a Crime Branch official said, “Yunus was apprehended f…