CHANDIGARH LIQUOR WORTH RS 72 LAKH RECOVERED FROM TRUCK ON BHARAT MALA EXPRESS HIGHWAY

Raj Sadosh/Abohar.

Rajasthan Police has caught a truck carrying liquor illegally on Bharat Mala Express Highway. This time the police of Mahajan police station have succeeded in catching a truck loaded with illegal consignment.

Bikaner Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachhawa said that when ASI Jai Prakash’s team stopped a suspicious truck near village Jaitpur, it was found carrying a huge quantity of illicit liquor. Liquor was confiscated along with the truck. The SP said that after calculation, illicit liquor worth about Rs 72 lakh was found in a total of 780 cartoons. This liquor was being transported without a permit. It is suspected that the consignment was to be transported to Gujarat, where there is a complete ban on the sale of liquor.

The SP said that the driver and operator of the truck, Akbar Khan resident of Netrad and Natha Ram Bheel of Kaprad (Barmer) have been arrested.

It is noteworthy that earlier a truck was caught carrying liquor illegally on Pallu Arjunsar road. 380 cartoons of liquor were recovered in this truck, the value of which was estimated to be around Rs 70 lakh. This liquor was being taken from Chandigarh to Gujarat. The driver and operator of the truck, Sanjay Nayak of Pakka Saharan and Vinod Nayak of village 9-SPD were arrested