Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has foiled a dacoity planned at a petrol pump on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway and arrested six persons, including a woman.

An official from Virar police station said that acting on information, the crime branch sleuths on Friday night found a jeep parked near Jivdani helipad in Virar area on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway with a group of individuals discussing their plans, newswire PTI reported.