This story is from June 28, 2020

Liquor worth Rs 28L seized; three held

Liquor worth Rs 28L seized; three held
Rajkot: In two different raids reported from Devbhoomi Dwarka and Bhavnagar districts, police seized as many as 9,204 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) woth Rs 27.72 lakh on Friday night. Three bootleggers were arrested in these operations.
In Devbhoomi Dwarka district, the officials of local crime branch (LCB) seized 5,520 bottles of IMFL worth Rs 16.72 lakh from a cement tanker.

"The liquor bottles were concealed in the tanker. While the tanker driver and cleaner fled from the spot, a bootlegger from Rajasthan was caught," said an official from Devbhoomi Dwarka LCB, while refusing to divulge the identity of the accused, citing secrecy of the investigation.
"The liquor cache has come from Rajasthan. We are probing as to who had ordered the supply of these liquor bottles," added the official.
Meanwhile in Bhavnagar, the officials from the rapid response cell of Bhavnagar range seized 3,684 IMFL bottles worth Rs 11 lakh from a truck and arrested two bootleggers.
"The arrested accused, identified as Shivam Yadav (24) and Ajaykumar Rajput (35), said that the liquor supply was sought by Shivraj Kamaliya, a bootlegger from Gadhesar village of Talaja taluka, and that it was uploaded on to the truck by Satpal Mital from Haryana. Following this information, we have booked both Kamaliya and Mital for the crime," said M S Jadeja, sub-inspector with Vartej police station.
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