3 weeks ago

Liquor Worth Rs 1.2 Crore Seized In Gujarat, Two Arrested

Police officers in Gujarat, a state in India, stopped a big truck on a highway.

In Gujarat, it is against the law to bring liquor into the state.

Inside the truck, police found 16,349 bottles of Indian-made liquor.

The liquor and other things police took were worth more than 1.2 crore rupees, which is a very large amount of money.

Police also took the truck, two mobile phones, and some other items found with the liquor.

Two men from the state of Rajasthan, the truck driver and his helper, were arrested.

Police believe other people helped plan the smuggling.

Those other people have not been caught yet.

This is one of the biggest liquor catches the police unit has made recently, and they have made similar catches before.

Key facts

Total value of seized property: Rs 1,20,22,661 (more than Rs 1.2 crore)
Liquor confiscated: 16,349 bottles of IMFL valued at Rs 1,05,12,451
Other items seized: Truck (Rs 15 lakh), two mobile phones (Rs 10,000), Rs 210 cash, covering cloth, rope, 150 bundles of waste cloth, driving licence and FASTag
Persons arrested: Omprakash Kakal (truck driver) and Jitendrakumar Kakal (cleaner), both from Barmer district, Rajasthan
Raid location: Un village overbridge, Thara-Randhanpur stretch, National Highway 27, Thara taluka, Banaskantha district, Gujarat
Wanted accused: Harish Kukana, the truck's owner, an unidentified receiver in Bhuj, and an unidentified person who allegedly loaded the liquor in Ludhiana
Legal provisions invoked: Sections 65(A), 65(E), 116(B), 81, 83 and 98(2) of the Gujarat Prohibition Act; Sections 336(2), 336(3), 340(2) and 54 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Earlier SMC operations: June: IMFL and SUV worth Rs 16.72 lakh near Dehgam, six accused; July: property worth Rs 16.39 lakh in Gandhinagar district

NDTV · 3 weeks ago