Maha: Arms cache, fake currency seized from Dombivli hideout; one held

MUMBAI: Police have recovered a large cache of illegal arms and fake currency from a concealed location in Maharashtra's Dombivli area of Thane district and arrested a 55-year-old man in connection with the case, officials said on Thursday.

The accused has been identified as Surendra Pandurang Patil. He was apprehended by the Kalyan Unit-3 of the Thane Crime Branch following a tip-off, police said.

According to officials, the raid was conducted in Dombivli East's Davdi area, where the accused had allegedly created a hidden compartment inside a residential building to store the weapons.

Police said the concealed space was located on the terrace of a five-storey building and could be accessed through a lift duct. The cache was reportedly hidden behind a slipper rack in a specially designed cavity.

During the search operations, the police recovered three country-made pistols, one revolver, seven country-made firearms (kattas), 405 live cartridges and 167 pellets.