Beer-laden van goes up in flames in Gujarat

VADODARA: A pick-up van used for smuggling beer cans in Gujarat turned turtle and caught fire in Dahod on Saturday midnight.
The beer cans were, however, saved and later seized by the police. Cops said that the pick-up van turned turtle at Devdha village in Garbada taluka and immediately caught fire.

Cartons containing beer cans were thrown out of the van. On learning about the incident, the fire brigade reached the spot and doused the blaze.
Later, cops collected the beer cans which were scattered all around. “In all, there were 171 cans which we have seized. We are searching for the driver and the owner of the pick-up van,” said a police official. The pick-up van is registered in Madhya Pradesh.