BSc student, 18, held for stealing bag with Rs 20-lakh valuables at Delhi Metro station
New Delhi (PTI): An 18-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly stealing a bag containing jewellery and other valuables worth about Rs 20 lakh, an official said on Saturday.
The accused was identified as Hina, a first-year B.Sc student.
They said a case was registered at Police Station Kashmere Gate Metro on January 22, following a complaint regarding the theft of a bag containing gold jewellery and other articles.
During the investigation, police examined CCTV footage from Chandni Chowk Metro Station and noticed a young woman wearing a pink jacket and black pants taking possession of the bag and boarding a metro train towards Millennium City Centre, police said.
Further analysis of internal CCTV cameras at Barakhamba Metro Station showed that the same woman travelled onwards and later exited from Gate No. 2 of Noida Sector-52 Metro Station, they added.
Based on technical and manual intelligence, the suspect was traced and apprehended.
During interrogation, Hina told police that she had come to Chandni Chowk market with her family for shopping related to her cousin's marriage. While passing through baggage scanning at the metro station, she allegedly picked up an extra bag belonging to the complainant and carried it home, they said.
Police said she failed to provide a satisfactory explanation as to why she did not inform authorities about the bag.
The bag was recovered intact, resulting in the full recovery of gold ornaments and other articles. The accused has no previous criminal record, police said.
Appropriate legal action has been initiated under relevant provisions of law, they added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
