Police stopped a container loaded with illicit liquor worth Rs 44 lakh
Badnawar: Kanawan police successfully stopped a container carrying 760 boxes of illicit liquor worth Rs 44 lakh on Lebar-Nyagaon fourlane in Badnawar town of Dhar district.
Police station in-charge Ram Singh Rathore said that he received information about a container (Reg. No. RJ 14 GJ 9738) coming from Ratlam district. Acting immediately on the information, a police team was sent to stop the container.
After this, on suspicion, the container was stopped at Labad Nayagaon four lane. A subsequent inspection found 760 boxes of McDowell whiskey in the container. The driver failed to provide valid documents regarding transportation of illicit liquor. The driver, Harjinder Singh, resident of Anandpur Sahib in Ropar district of Punjab, was caught.
A case was registered against him under sections 34/2 and 46 of the Excise Act. The estimated value of the seized liquor is more than Rs 43 lakh. Apart from the seizure, a truck worth Rs 30 lakh and a mobile phone worth Rs 10,000 were also seized as part of the operation.
Police action against illegal liquor transportation will continue.
