NEW DELHI: A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly supplying
liquor illegally in
south Delhi, police said on Friday.
Raju, a resident of
Gautampuri in
Badarpur here, was apprehended by a police team on Thursday morning, they said.
He used to procure liquor at a cheap rate from godowns in Haryana's
Faridabad and used to supply them to bootleggers in south Delhi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South East,
R P Meena said.
Police said he was previously involved in six cases of the Delhi Excise Act.
"On Thursday, police got a tip-off and laid a trap near Gautampuri, Badarpur. Around 6:30am, police nabbed the accused person while he was coming from the Faridabad side in a car," the DCP said.
The car and 40 cartons of liquor were seized, police said.