MAPUSA
Joint operations by the Thane Police and Calangute Police achieved a major breakthrough, when Komil Merchant, one of the most wanted drug suppliers in Mumbai, was arrested at a hotel at Calangute, after absconding from Thane.
According to reports, the Anti-Narcotics team from Thane Police had arrested four persons, Mubshir Matnankar, Shayan Khan, Siraj Shaikh and Javed Ansari last month and had seized drugs worth Rs 2.7 lakh. Komil Merchant, the main suspect in the case, was absconding from the police.
Thane police was then alerted that Merchant was in Goa and staying at a hotel in Calangute. Acting on the information, a Thane police team went to Calangute and with the assistance of Calangute police searched different hotels on Saturday evening.
Merchant was found in one of the hotels and was promptly arrested. The Thane police team comprised PI Dharam Raj Bhangar, Assistant PI Amul Wagzade, P N Thakur and Chabuska, while the Calangute police team assisting in the operations consisted of PI Jivba Dalvi, PSI Videsh Pillgaonkar, Mahesh Naik and constable Laurence Pereira.
Joint operations by the Thane Police and Calangute Police achieved a major breakthrough, when Komil Merchant, one of the most wanted drug suppliers in Mumbai, was arrested at a hotel at Calangute, after absconding from Thane.
According to reports, the Anti-Narcotics team from Thane Police had arrested four persons, Mubshir Matnankar, Shayan Khan, Siraj Shaikh and Javed Ansari last month and had seized drugs worth Rs 2.7 lakh. Komil Merchant, the main suspect in the case, was absconding from the police.
Thane police was then alerted that Merchant was in Goa and staying at a hotel in Calangute. Acting on the information, a Thane police team went to Calangute and with the assistance of Calangute police searched different hotels on Saturday evening.
Merchant was found in one of the hotels and was promptly arrested. The Thane police team comprised PI Dharam Raj Bhangar, Assistant PI Amul Wagzade, P N Thakur and Chabuska, while the Calangute police team assisting in the operations consisted of PI Jivba Dalvi, PSI Videsh Pillgaonkar, Mahesh Naik and constable Laurence Pereira.
