Rajkot: Tightening the noose on liquor mafia ahead of New Year’s Eve, Rajkot police seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 41.5 lakh on Wednesday night.
In two separate raids, the detection of crime branch (DCB) and the special operations group seized 11,052 liquor bottles near Kuvadva and Gunda villages. In a raid at a farm in Gunda village, police seized IMFL worth Rs 22.8 lakh. Police said that just before the bootleggers were going to unload liquor stock from a truck registered in Haryana and distribute it in smaller quantities for sale, they reached at the spot. As police team struck, all accused fled from the farm. The liquor stock was hidden under the sacks of cattle feed in the truck.
In another incident near Kuvadva village, police seized a truck and nabbed two persons including a minor for transporting liquor bottles to Junagadh. The driver identified as Dudharam Jat told cops that he was transporting the liquor from Barmer in Rajasthan to Junagadh. He was carrying 5,292 IMFL bottles.
“We suspect that the liquor stock that has been seized was meant for revelry on New Year’s Eve and we will continue our drive against liquor,” said DCB inspector V K Gadhvi.