Liquor smuggled from K’taka lands in cops’ net

Udhagamandalam: Two truck drivers were arrested for trying to smuggle 371 bottles of liquor to the Nilgiris from Karnataka through Kakkanallah check post. The bottles were hidden inside vegetable baskets and transported in two trucks.
Police said the liquor bottles were seized during a vehicle check at Kakkanallah check post that falls in Masinagudi police station limits.
“In one truck, there were 165 liquor bottles and the another had 206 bottles. We have arrested the drivers R Sanjindev, 29, of Devarshola, and R Narayanan, 27, of Ooty, and have registered a case.,” a police officer said.
In another incident, 3,000 tobacco packets and 46 bottles of liquor were seized from a truck loaded with vegetables at Devala. The truck was heading to Pandalur from Gundalpet.
Police have arrested M Mohamed, 32 and S Salim, 32, both residents of Pandalur, in the case.