Two Mumbai cops held for selling seized cigarettes worth Rs 2 crore

Updated On: 26 September, 2019 10:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan

Two more cops from Waliv police station have been booked for allegedly selling seized foreign brand cigarettes worth Rs 2 crore from the police station's custody

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Some of the seized cigarettes. Pic /Hanif Patel

Two more cops from Waliv police station have been booked and arrested for allegedly selling seized foreign brand cigarettes’ over worth Rs 2 crore from the police station’s custody. Earlier, the Waliv police had arrested an assistant sub-inspector identified as Sharif Shaikh who was in charge of seized goods in the same case. When the matter came to light, an enquiry was conducted by the Palghar SP Gaurav Singh and during the investigation, it was revealed that two more cops were involved with ASI Sharif Shaikh in the crime. Taking the initiative today, the Waliv police booked two cops identified as Ravindra Sukdev Sable, a police constable and Ramdas Vitthal Chavan, a head constable in the late evening.

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