<p>An official on Saturday said that the police have arrested a woman from Thailand for allegedly running a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-six-arrested-for-cheating-mira-road-trader-of-rs-25-lakh-23355241" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">sex racket in Thane city</a> of Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The official said that the arrest was made after they conducted a raid at a hotel on Friday night, during which the police also rescued three women from Thailand, reported PTI.</p>
<p>"Based on a tip-off that a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-temple-donation-box-broken-rs-1-lakh-stolen-23355159" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thai woman</a> was operating a prostitution racket and pushing women from her country into sex racket in Thane, a team of the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of the police raided a hotel and nabbed her," DCP Shivraj Patil of the Crime Branch told PTI.</p>
<p>The three Thai women, who were rescued during the operation, were later sent to the Rescue Foundation at Poisar in Mumbai's Borivali, he said.</p>
<p>The police have registered a case against the arrested Thai woman under sections of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-man-killed-for-rejecting-proposal-for-marriage-of-his-daughter-23355147" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian Penal Code</a> (IPC) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the official told PTI.</p>
<p>In another case, an official on Friday said police have cracked five cases of house-breaking in Thane district of Maharashtra with the arrest of a 25-year-old man, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The accused, identified as Nooralam Jiaul Sheikh alias Noor Alam Punjab Sheikh, was arrested from Koparkhairane in Navi Mumbai, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>"He was arrested following leads received during the probe in a theft case," senior inspector Sanjeev Dhumal of Rabale station told PTI.</p>
<p>A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 454 (house-breaking) and 380 (theft) in a case reported from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-25-year-old-man-held-with-firearm-in-thane-23354851" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Gotawali village</a> on June 17, where gold and silver jewellery and idols worth Rs 2,68,250 were stolen from a house.</p>
<p>"The police probe team worked on leads based on the CCTV footage, intelligence and technical inputs and zeroed in on the accused, a mason by profession," the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>During his interrogation, the police recovered gold and silver jewellery and idols of deities, worth Rs 8,00,050 from his possession, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The accused had earlier undergone imprisonment in a similar case registered at Chembur in Mumbai. Cases are also pending against him with Borivali and Bandra police stations, he said, adding that further probe into the crime was underway.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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