An Intensive Combing operation was conducted by police in Turbhe division.

The Operation

A thorough combing operation was carried out by the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate on Friday night across many police stations in the Turbhe Division as a pre-emptive precaution ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The program focused on those engaged in a range of illegal actions, including as drug and alcohol abuse, gun ownership, smoking in public places, and moving offenses.

A total of 390 individuals were the focus of enforcement actions throughout the operation. These included enforcement actions taken in relation to 37 KOFTA (Keep Off the Footpath Act) cases, two illegal weapon seizures, 49 prohibition violations, 13 drug-related apprehensions, and two DUI cases. In addition, 255 people were punished for breaking the Motor Vehicle Act, 11 for breaking the Section 283 (hazardous driving), and 21 for breaking Section 285 (reckless driving).

Thirty police officers and one hundred and ninety-nine enforcers were deployed for the operation, which covered the police stations in Turbhe, CBD, NRI, Nerul, and Sanpada. At several points inside the jurisdiction, these individuals carried out targeted combing operations and strategically placed blockades.

Assistant Chief of Police Turbhe Division’s Rahul Gaikwad personally monitored the operation and gave the law enforcement forces vital direction. Senior authorities, such as Deputy Commissioner of Police Circle-1, Commissioner of Police Milind Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Yenpure, and Upper Commissioner of Police Deepak Sakore, provided direction and support for the effort.

The Navi Mumbai police have detained a 28-year-old cab driver from Nagpada, Mumbai, on suspicion of killing a 27-year-old lady who had been urging him to get married. On April 25, the decomposing corpse of the deceased was found in a dried-up stream at Talekar along Chirner-Kharpada in Uran, Navi Mumbai. It had been wrapped in a blanket.

A post-mortem was carried out, according to senior inspector Satish Nikam of the Uran police station, and a complaint was filed against unidentified persons under many provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including section 302 (murder). Police in Mumbai’s Mankhurd police station acquired information regarding a lady who had been reported missing on April 18 throughout the course of their inquiry. It was established that the missing woman’s body was the one discovered in Uran.

After more research, it was discovered that the cab driver and the woman were in love, and that she had been urging him to be married. When he refused, this had caused a rift between them. The official stated that the woman was picked up by the male on the evening of April 18 from Mankhurd and driven to Khadavli in Kalyan, Thane district. On April 19, he is said to have killed her at approximately one in the morning and disposed of her corpse in the rivulet. After being taken into prison on Saturday, the accused was brought before a local court, who placed him under police detention until April 29.

The Navi Mumbai Police successfully busted the Drugs selling group in the city.

Case in Detail

The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the Navi Mumbai police successfully raided Kopri village Sector-26A on Friday afternoon in a massive crackdown on drug selling, apprehending 11 African nationals. The people were reportedly assembled to engage in the illegal trade of drugs. During the operation, a significant amount of narcotics, including cocaine, methoxylon, and MDA pills, valued at an estimated Rs 1.83 crore, were seized.

The coordinated operation encompassed several units, including the Crime Branch Central Cell, APMC, and Vashi police stations. It was led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Financial Crimes Branch, Dhanaji Kshirsagar, and Senior Police Inspector, Prithviraj Ghorpade. Following up on a tip from the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell, police moved quickly to raid the defendants’ purported residence, Kush Apartment.

When police arrived, the African nationals refused to be taken into custody, which led to a scuffle. But police officers were able to take them down and examine the area thoroughly, finding a large amount of illegal drugs. Along with methauculone and MDA, 1679 grams of cocaine were found among the confiscated goods, adding to the total estimated value of Rs 1.83 crore.

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) was used to book the following people: Donatous Chidokwe, Ofozor Basile, Edwin Obirah Udairke, Frak Nzekwesi, Vinson Llabadi Ukaigwe, James Cooper, Oku O Leaoun, George Blason, Charles Teme Ozorann Wapoka, A Guson Koukou Allen, and Ndwe Okechukwan Donatus.