Overview
- Crime Branch Unit 2 intercepted suspects on an open ground in Vasai East while steel was being shifted from two trailers into a tempo.
- Police reported seizing about 1,200 kg of steel rods along with two trailers, a tempo, four mobile phones, and cash.
- Valuation reports differ, with PTI citing roughly Rs 60,000 for the steel alone and Free Press Journal reporting ₹40.9 lakh when vehicles are included.
- The consignment originated at Regency Private Limited in Wada and was bound for Hitesh Steel Syndicate in Nalasopara.
- A case was registered at Achole Police Station, and those held include a steel trader and multiple drivers identified by name and locality under senior-officer supervision.