Bhavnagar, July 11 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell on Saturday seized 4.306 kg of suspected ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, valued at over Rs 4.30 crore, in Bhavnagar district and arrested four persons in connection with its alleged illegal possession and intended sale. The seizure was made during a raid conducted by the State Monitoring Cell in an open coastal area near Blue Sky Society in Budhel village, which falls under the jurisdiction of Vartej Police Station.Th…
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Gandhinagar, July 11 (IANS) Gujarat Police’s Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) has arrested 19 people in three separate investigations under “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, uncovering alleged cyber crime networks involving mule bank accounts, fake business entities and corporate bank accounts allegedly used to facilitate cyber fraud linked to more than Rs 330 crore across multiple states. According to the officials, the three investigations relate to separate cases registered in Gandhinagar and invol…
Valsad/Mehsana, July 11 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth nearly Rs 69 lakh in two separate prohibition raids carried out in Valsad and Mehsana districts, registering cases against a total of 14 accused and recovering liquor and other property valued at more than Rs 1.09 crore, officials said on Saturday. According to the officials, the operations were conducted following instructions from Gujarat Director General of Police…
Bhavnagar/Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Cyber Centre of Excellence of Gujarat Police has arrested three more accused in connection with the hacking of Bhavnagar District Co-operative Bank Ltd., taking the total number of arrests in the case to 10. Investigators allege that the accused helped route proceeds of cyber fraud by arranging bank accounts into which funds generated through the alleged hacking were transferred.The investigation, as of now, has shown that the accused illegally accessed …
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s Cyber Centre of Excellence on Friday arrested seven people for allegedly operating an interstate online fraud and extortion racket that targeted customers who purchased sexual enhancement medicines through social media advertisements, with investigators saying the group may have cheated between 4,000 and 5,000 people across the country. The department said the operation dismantled a 15-seat call centre in the Vastral area of Ahmedabad and prevente…
Gandhinagar, July 8 (IANS) A total of 449 newly recruited Unarmed Police Sub-Inspectors (PSIs) were formally inducted into the Gujarat Police after receiving their appointment letters from Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at a ceremony held in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi attended the programme alongside Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik, Gujarat Police Recruitment Board Chairperson Dr Neerja Gotru and senior officials of the Home and P…
Kheda/Anand, July 6 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell has seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and other property valued at more than Rs 56 lakh in two separate prohibition raids carried out in Kheda and Anand districts, leading to the registration of prohibition cases and action against multiple accused. According to officials, the operations were carried out following instructions from the Director General of Police (DGP), G.S. Malik, to take legal action against illegal li…
Ahmedabad, July 5 (IANS) A man was arrested after Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell seized 1.01kg of ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, valued at about Rs 1.01 crore during a raid near Dholera in Ahmedabad district on Sunday. The operation was carried out by the State Monitoring Cell following directions from the Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik to take action against illegal activities across the state.Police Inspector A.J. Chauhan and his team raided Raj Chamunda Hotel n…
Ahmedabad/Surat, July 3 (IANS) Gujarat Police’s Cyber Centre of Excellence has arrested four people from Ahmedabad and Surat in separate investigations into mule bank accounts used for cyber fraud and the Bhavnagar District Co-operative Bank hacking case, uncovering a cybercrime network across the country.The action forms part of “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, under which the Cyber Centre of Excellence of CID Crime said it has arrested 55 accused over the past month.According to police, verification…
Bhuj, July 2 (IANS) The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) of Gujarat Police has uncovered an alleged oil theft operation in Kutch district, seizing six tankers, more than two lakh kg of oil and equipment collectively valued at Rs 4.34 crore. Eleven people have been arrested, while five others have been named as wanted in the case.The raid was carried out on Thursday at an open ground in the Ratadiya (Ganeshvala) farmland area near Mundra.The site is located on the left side of the highway leading from…