Maharashtra: Five swords, other weapons seized in Palghar; 2 persons arrested

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Palghar Police in Maharashtra have arrested two persons for alleged illegal possession of weapons and seized five swords, four daggers and 18 sickles from them in Palghar district, officials told the PTI on Tuesday.

On August 3, the police noticed a social media post in which the two persons were seen wielding swords and other weapons in a locality under Pelhar police station limits and threatening people, the police said in a release.

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The police took suo moto (on its own) cognisance of the same and after verifying the video they arrested the duo, identified as Don @ Kuldipsingh Ramesh Singh and Rajvirsingh Pawansingh, on Sunday, it said.

As many as five swords, four daggers and 18 sickles were seized from the residence and car of the accused, the police said.

A case was registered against the accused under the Arms Act and other legal provisions, the release said.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, The Thane Police arrested a 21-year-old man after seizing mephedrone, a banned drug, worth Rs 10.40 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday, the PTI reported.

During routine patrolling, a police team spotted the man moving in a suspicious manner on Goandevi Mandir road in Bhayander area on Saturday, senior police inspector Rahul Rakh of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police's central crime unit said.

The police stopped him and during a search seized 52 gm of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 10.40 lakh from his possession, the official said in a release.

The accused, identified as Ankit Bharat Jadhav, was arrested and booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said.

The police were trying to find out from where he got the contraband and to whom he intended to sell it, the official said.

(with PTI inputs)