IMFL worth Rs 53L seized

Rajkot: A total of 12,926 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 52.59 lakh were seized and five bootleggers arrested in three different raids reported from Rajkot on Sunday night.
The first raid was carried out at Pipaliya village on Rajkot-Highway on the outskirts of Rajkot. A total of 7,928 IMFL bottles worth Rs 32.28 lakh were seized from a truck. “We arrested the truck driver identified as Navabkhan Rajad (40). Rajad had hidden the liquor bottles beneath the heaps of saw dust,” said M C Vala, inspector with Kuwadava Road police station, adding that Rajad had brought the liquor cache from Rajasthan.
The second raid was conducted on Kuwadava Road, where a total of 4,728 IMFL bottles worth Rs 18.71 lakh were seized from a truck. “The truck driver, identified as Sidar Palsinh Jat (41), was arrested for the crime. Jat had stored the liquor bottles under empty cans of oil. Jat said he had brought the liquor supply from Punjab,” said H M Gadhvi, inspector with Rajkot crime branch.
The last raid was reported from Kalawad Road, where a mini-truck was impounded for carrying 270 IMFL bottles worth Rs 1.60 lakh.