Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Gujarat: 7,164 liquor bottles worth Rs 26.81 lakh seized
Police in Gujarat, a state in India, found a truck full of alcohol bottles.
The truck was stopped at a toll plaza where police check vehicles.
Inside, they found 7,164 bottles of a type of alcohol called Indian-made foreign liquor.
The bottles were worth about 26.81 lakh rupees, which is a lot of money.
With the truck and other items added, everything together was worth about 41.94 lakh rupees.
Alcohol is not allowed to be carried or sold in Gujarat, so moving it there is against the law.
Police arrested the man driving the truck, who is 50 years old and lives in Uttar Pradesh.
They are also looking for the person they think supplied the alcohol and another person who ordered it.
Many similar alcohol seizures have happened recently because police are working hard to stop illegal alcohol smuggling.
Bagodra Police seized 7,164 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) valued at Rs 26.81 lakh from a truck at Bagodra toll plaza in Ahmedabad Rural district.
The total value of the seized liquor, the truck and a mobile phone was estimated at Rs 41.94 lakh.
Police arrested Mohammad Ayub Nizamuddin Sheikh, 50, a resident of Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the case.
Police are also looking for Rohit Sharma of Basti in Uttar Pradesh, the alleged supplier, and an unidentified person who ordered the consignment.
The seizure came amid a series of liquor busts in prohibition-enforcing Gujarat, including 31,836 bottles near Budhanpur toll plaza and 18,000 bottles near the Vataman-Bagodara highway.
- Who
- Bagodra Police, led by Inspector H.C. Gohil, arrested Mohammad Ayub Nizamuddin Sheikh, 50, of Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh); they are also tracing alleged supplier Rohit Sharma of Basti (Uttar Pradesh) and an unidentified person who ordered the consignment.
- What
- Police seized a truck carrying 342 boxes containing 7,164 sealed bottles of IMFL valued at about Rs 26.81 lakh; total seized property was valued at about Rs 41.94 lakh.
- When
- The seizure was announced by police on Saturday; the exact date is not stated in the article.
- Where
- Bagodra toll plaza in Ahmedabad Rural district, Gujarat, India; the truck bore a Uttar Pradesh number plate.
- Why
- Gujarat has prohibition in force, and police were checking vehicles to curb illegal activities related to liquor transport and smuggling.
- Seized liquor bottles
- 7,164 bottles of IMFL in 342 boxes
- Value of liquor
- Rs 26,81,088 (Rs 26.81 lakh)
- Total value of seizure
- Rs 41,94,708 (Rs 41.94 lakh)
- Value of truck
- Rs 15 lakh
- Arrested person
- Mohammad Ayub Nizamuddin Sheikh, 50, of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- Seizure location
- Bagodra toll plaza, Ahmedabad Rural, Gujarat
- Related seizure (Aug 13, Budhanpur)
- About 31,836 bottles of IMFL and beer valued at about Rs 1.20 crore
- Related seizure (Vataman-Bagodara highway)
- 18,000 IMFL bottles worth Rs 1.04 crore