IMFL worth Rs 40L seized in two raids, one arrested

Rajkot: A total of 14,880 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 40.32 lakh were seized in two different raids carried out in Sayla of Surendranagar district and Morbi district on Wednesday night. A bootlegger was nabbed in the Sayla raid.
In Sayla, 6,180 IMFL bottles worth Rs 18.54 lakh were found from a cement tanker. “We arrested the tanker driver identified as Ganpatram Jat (30). There was a car piloting the tanker, which escaped from the spot. We had a prior tip-off about the tanker, following which we kept a watch near Thoriyali village,” said D M Dhol, inspector with Surndranagar local crime branch.
“As Jat was not aware of the local route, there was a car piloting his tanker. Both the vehicles broke the barricade put up by us and sped away. We gave them a chase. As Jat did not know the way, he was caught with the tanker, while the accompanying car managed to give us the slip,” added Dhol.
During his interrogation, Jat said the tanker owner, Rugnath Bishnoi, had uploaded the liquor supply onto the tanker from Haryana. The delivery of the liquor cache was supposed to be made at Sayla.
Meanwhile in Morbi district, a total of 8,700 IMFL bottles worth Rs 21.78 lakh were found from a truck that was abandoned near Kawadia village of Halvad taluka.
“We have started the investigation on the basis of the registration number of the truck,” said V B Jadeja, inspector with Morbi local crime branch.