Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Ambulance Carrying Illegal Liquor Stopped On Gujarat Highway
Police in Gujarat stopped an ambulance on a highway.
They thought it might be carrying a patient because of its appearance and speed.
Instead, they found bottles of illegal liquor inside it.
The bottles were hidden in a special cabinet.
There were 1,968 bottles in total.
Some were McDowell’s No.
1 whisky, and others were Blender’s Pride whisky.
Police said the vehicle was traveling between Madhya Pradesh and Rajkot.
They had received a tip about the suspected transport.
Gujarat Police stopped an ambulance on the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway on September 11.
The ambulance was traveling through Babara taluka in Amreli district.
Police found 1,968 bottles of illegal Indian Made Foreign Liquor in a hidden cabinet.
The haul included 672 McDowell’s No. 1 flasks and 1,296 Blender’s Pride flasks.
Police had received information about liquor being transported between Madhya Pradesh and Rajkot.
- Who
- Gujarat Police stopped an ambulance carrying illegal Indian Made Foreign Liquor.
- What
- Police recovered 1,968 liquor bottles hidden inside the ambulance.
- When
- Friday, September 11; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- On the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway near Babara taluka in Amreli district, Gujarat.
- Why
- Police acted on information that illegal liquor was being transported between Madhya Pradesh and Rajkot.
- Total bottles
- 1,968 bottles of illegal Indian Made Foreign Liquor
- McDowell’s No. 1 haul
- 672 flasks of 180 ml each, valued at Rs 1.35 lakh
- Blender’s Pride haul
- 1,296 flasks of 180 ml each, valued at Rs 2.21 lakh
- Vehicle
- An ambulance with a hidden cabinet
- Route
- Between Madhya Pradesh and Rajkot
- Interception point
- Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway, Babara taluka, Amreli district
- Police action
- The ambulance was stopped after police received a tip