29-yr-old nabbed for supplying liquor illegally

Press Trust of India  |  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 Hrayana'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 6:30 am, 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.

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First Published: Fri, February 21 2020. 17:40 IST