Ludhiana, May 31

The city police have arrested four persons, including a woman, for smuggling liquor during the past 24 hours.

The police said a woman, Manjit Kaur, a resident of Razapur village, was nabbed from her residence while selling illicit liquor. The police raided the residence of the woman on a tip-off and seized 14 bottles of illicit liquor. She was booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act.

In separate raids conducted by the police under a drive to check liquor smuggling, Prince Kumar, a resident of Dr Ambedkar Nagar, was arrested from near the cremation ground in Dugri while going on a Honda Activa scooter. Sixty bottles of First Choice whisky were recovered from him. He was booked under the Excise Act. The scooter being used for the illicit trade was also impounded by the police.

In another incident, Avtar Singh, a resident of Seelon Kalan village, was nabbed from Khanpur Canal Bridge while he was out to deliver smuggled liquor in his Tata Tiago car (bearing registration no. PB10HA 3016). Search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 48 bottles of Jugni Punjab countrymade liquor and 12 bottles of Raspbhari countrymade liquor. The police have also impounded the car. The suspect has been booked under the Excise Act.

In another raid, the police arrested Kulwant Singh, a resident of Puneet Nagar, from Sanjay Gandhi Colony on Tajpur Road with 21 bottles of Punjab Saunfi liquor and booked him under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. However, an unidentified person abandoned his TVS Jupiter scooter and fled the spot near the Civil Hospital when he was signalled to stop by the police. The police recovered 60 bottles of Dollar Punjab liquor from the two-wheeler. The scooter was impounded and the suspect was booked under the Excise Act. —TNS