Nala Sopara: Four people were arrested with firearms after a plan to rob a jewelry store in was foiled

Nala Sopara: According to authorities on Monday, the Virar Police’s Crime Branch Unit 3 successfully stopped a planned robbery in the Nala Sopara region and took four suspects into custody. According to Senior Police Inspector Shahuraj Ranware, an informant alerted the authorities about a gang attempting to rob a jewelry store in the neighborhood. The crime branch team acted quickly in response to the intelligence, launching a raid and apprehending the suspects before they could carry out the crime.

We conducted a raid and detained four people in response to the feedback. We found a handgun, a domestic weapon, and a number of other incriminating objects in their hands during the operation,” Ranware said. Four suspects have been arrested, according to the police, but one of them escaped and is presently at large. To find and apprehend the last suspect, a manhunt has been initiated.To ascertain the group’s prior criminal activity and if they are connected to other robbery instances in the area, further research is being conducted.

As of late 2025, there have been a number of high-profile robberies and arrests in Mumbai and the surrounding metropolitan area. A jewelry store in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra’s Seawoods neighborhood was the scene of a spectacular daylight theft last week. The heist was committed by four suspects. Wearing burqas, three of them stormed inside the store and threatened the proprietor with a rifle. The fourth accomplice then remained outside, maintaining watch while the accused stole gold that was held in the store. As soon as police learned of the event, they were on the scene. Additionally, a dog squad was sent to conduct an investigation. Senior inspector Devendra Pol of the NRI Sagari police station said that the accused stole 20 “tolas” of gold after frightening store employees with a handgun. A week later, two Muzaffarpur suspects were taken into custody by a combined team of the Mumbai Crime Branch and the Bihar Special Task Force (STF).

The Mumbai Crime Branch contacted the Bihar Special Task Force (STF) based on scientific research and technology monitoring. Police teams from both states collaborated to raid a community under the Bela police station in Muzaffarpur after confirming the information. Two suspects were taken into custody: Ramanand Yadav, also known as Anand Yadav, who lived in Gorakhpur, and Ramjanm Gond, who lived in Azamgarh. They yielded two sets of earrings, two gold necklaces, and two gold chains, including a locket.After perpetrating the act, the culprit escaped to Bihar, according to a police official. In Muzaffarpur, the required legal procedures were finished after the two suspects were taken into custody. Both of the suspects were then sent on transit remand to Mumbai by the Mumbai Crime Branch team. There, they will be questioned further to learn more about the other gang members and the other stolen valuables, a police official said.