Drug supplier escapes hotel raid; Two wives detained with Rs.40 lakh
Mumbai, Nov. 2 -- The Sahar police detained two women identified as the wives of an alleged narcotics supplier wanted by the Panvel City police after recovering Rs.40 lakh, suspected to be proceeds of drug sales, from a hotel room in Andheri East on Friday. The alleged supplier, Farukh Hamid Shaikh alias Farukh Batata, was not found at the hotel and is suspected to have left shortly before the raid.
According to the complaint filed by police inspector Vijay Sakharam Vange, 50, the police received a tip-off from a confidential informant that Shaikh, an alleged major narcotics supplier in Panvel, was staying at a five-star hotel near Mumbai International Airport. A team was sent to the hotel to verify the information and apprehend him.
With the help of the hotel's security in-charge and another staff member, the police traced alleged supplier to Room 1018. After a staff member rang the doorbell, an individual opened the door. Three men and a woman were found inside.
They were identified as Abdullah Bhikullah Khan,Abhi Bakulbhai Ambaliya, Abdul Subhan Shamshad Ansari and Roshanara Shamshad Ahmed Ansari. They told the police that the room was being used by Shaikh. A search of bags in the room led to the recovery of Rs.40 lakh. Two women, Taiyaba Mohammad Farukh Shaikh and Parveen Mohammad Farukh Shaikh, later arrived at the room. The women told the police that they were Shaikh's wives and that the money belonged to him.
The two women were detained by the police on suspicion of being associated with Shaikh....
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