Liquor heist on highway as car meets with accident

RAJKOT: A liquor heist was witnessed on Jetpur-Porbandar highway after a sedan car carrying around 15 boxes met with an accident with a truck.
Police said that after the unidentified car driver rammed his vehicle into the truck near Mota Gundala village in Jetpur taluka, he fled from the spot. But the locals and passers-by went on a rampage and grabbed liquor bottles stocked in the car.
By the time the cops reached the accident site, only 22 bottles were left. Police suspect that there were 180 liquor bottles packed in 15 boxes.
After seizing the sedan car and the leftover bottles, police put a watch on the highway and checked all vehicles to nab those who had stolen the liquor bottles. Cops said that four people identified as Dinesh Miyatra, Mayur Degama, Bhupat Kudcha and Praful Dabhi were nabbed near Dhoraji with 26 bottles. Two others named Dhaval Ahir and Ravi Mohan were arrested with two bottles near Jetpur.
“While we registered one offence against the unidentified car driver, two separate offences were registered against those who were found with liquor bottles later,” said a police official.