Archive · 14 Jun 2025
Delhi Police Busts Bootlegging Ring Using Delivery App
Imagine people using a delivery app, but instead of food, they were secretly delivering alcohol illegally.
The police caught them!
They found the alcohol hidden in a vehicle.
They arrested a delivery person and are now looking into how they were getting the alcohol from another state.
The police found out the liquor was brought in from Haryana to Delhi.
Delhi Police busted a bootlegging syndicate using a delivery app for liquor smuggling.
The syndicate transported liquor from Haryana into Delhi under the guise of deliveries.
Police arrested Gaurav Gupta, a delivery partner, and seized 1,200 quarters of illicit liquor.
The interception occurred on the intervening night of June 3 and 4 in Dwarka.
Gupta revealed he transported liquor directly for an individual after handling app-booked deliveries.
- Who
- Police arrested Gaurav Gupta; the case involves a syndicate and a man named Sutaj.
- What
- Delhi Police busted a bootlegging syndicate using a delivery app to smuggle liquor.
- When
- The seizure happened on the intervening night of June 3 and 4.
- Where
- Dwarka, Delhi.
- Why
- To smuggle illicit liquor from Haryana into Delhi.
Law Enforcement
Bootleggers
Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement
Police are against illegal liquor smuggling.
Bootleggers
N/A
- Seized Items
- 1,200 quarters of illicit liquor
- Location of Interception
- Kakrola Road, near Sector 16-B, Dwarka
- Origin of Liquor
- Bahadurgarh, Haryana
- Destination
- Delhi
- Method of Smuggling
- App-based delivery service
- Number Arrested
- 1