Archive · 7 Aug 2026
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.
Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell seized liquor and property worth over Rs 1.2 crore (Rs 1,20,22,661) during a raid on National Highway 27 in Banaskantha district.
Police recovered 16,349 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor valued at Rs 1,05,12,451 from a truck intercepted beneath the Un village overbridge in Thara taluka.
Two Rajasthan residents — truck driver Omprakash Kakal and cleaner Jitendrakumar Kakal — were arrested at the scene.
Wanted accused include alleged liquor supplier Harish Kukana, the truck's owner, an unidentified receiver in Bhuj, and a person who allegedly loaded the consignment in Ludhiana.
The seizure is one of the SMC's largest in recent weeks and follows June and July crackdowns near Dehgam and in Gandhinagar district.
- Who
- Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell (SMC), which arrested truck driver Omprakash Kakal and cleaner Jitendrakumar Kakal, both from Barmer district, Rajasthan.
- What
- Seized 16,349 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor and other property worth an estimated Rs 1,20,22,661 (over Rs 1.2 crore) from a truck allegedly smuggling liquor into Gujarat.
- When
- No specific date was reported; the raid is described as a recent operation following other SMC seizures reported in June and July.
- Where
- Beneath the Un village overbridge on the Thara-Randhanpur stretch of National Highway 27 in Thara taluka, Banaskantha district, Gujarat.
- Why
- Because the liquor was allegedly being transported into Gujarat in violation of the state's prohibition laws as part of an interstate smuggling network.
- 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