Rising metal prices fuel a booming black market as thieves rip out MTNL’s buried cables and sell them to scrap dealers and jewellery makers
07 November,2025 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah KhanBased on suspicion, sleuths of the police's anti-narcotics cell intercepted a car at a spot near the MTNL office in the Charai area on Monday evening and carried out a check
05 November,2025 02:21 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentThe arrests were made after police and MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam) officials conducted a raid at SV Road when the gang was busy removing the underground cables
11 September,2025 11:46 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentOn high alert for Independence Day, police catch the crooks red-handed with nearly 60 feet of copper cable they had dug up using a JCB excavator; the stolen property included nearly 60 feet of copper cable worth Rs 1.35 lakh
17 August,2025 08:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya IyerADVERTISEMENT