Updated On: 17 October, 2025 06:03 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
The police found that the occupants were armed with three firearms, four live cartridges, and carrying materials typically used in violent highway robberies, including an iron sickle, cutting tools, chilli powder, ropes, and six mobile phones

The accused were allegedly planning to intercept passing vehicles, police said. Representational Pic/File
Six persons, including suspected Naxalites from Jharkhand, have been arrested for allegedly plotting to rob vehicles on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday, reported the PTI.
An official said that cased on a tip-off, the property cell of the crime branch laid a trap near Kharegaon toll booth on Tuesday evening and intercepted a Jharkhand-registered vehicle.