Goa man on run after submitting fake documents for passport nabbed in Chennai
Panaji (PTI): A Goa resident who absconded after allegedly providing fake documents for seeking a passport has been apprehended from Chennai, police said on Sunday.
Pankaj Choure, resident of Khorlim village near Mapusa town in North Goa, allegedly submitted forged documents via the online portal for passport applications, a police spokesperson said.
He had an appointment at the passport office in Patto in Panaji on June 30. During the interaction with the accused, the passport officer suspected foul play, the police said.
"The accused fled the passport office and then went missing. The document verification later revealed that the address on the Aadhaar Card provided by him was fake," the spokesperson said.
The police launched a search using both technical and human intelligence and traced Choure to Chennai, the official said.
The accused was apprehended on Saturday by a Panjim police team with the assistance of their Chennai counterparts and was being brought back to Goa, the official said.
"He would be formally placed under arrested once he is brought back to Goa," the police said.
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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.
