Two held with 1,900 liquor bottles from Ahmedabad’s S G Highway
Updated: Sep 2nd, 2024
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| Liquor smuggled in Ahmedabad |
In a midnight bust carried out on Sept 1, the Gujarat State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted a suspicious SUV (sports utility vehicle) on the S G Highway stretch between Nirma University and Sola Bhagwat. It landed them a consignment of around 1,900 bottles of liquor and beer.
Two individuals were held in connection with the incident.
The SMC officials established that this liquor consignment was being transported from Rajasthan to a bootlegger in the city’s Satellite area.
Acting on a tip-off, the SMC set up a trap near Sola Bhagwat and spotted a black, numberless SUV. However, when the suspected vehicle was signalled to stop, the accused attempted to flee.
This followed a high-speed chase, which ended with the authorities successfully intercepting the SUV and apprehending the two occupants.
Upon interrogation, the driver, Rupram Jat from Bikaner, Rajasthan, confessed that the liquor was supplied by Pawan Giri ‘Maharaj’ from Barmer and was to be handed over to a bootlegger in Satellite. He was accompanied in this delivery by Jasraj Jat, also a resident of Barmer.
Rupram further revealed that he was involved in the liquor smuggling business to earn money. He had previously made five liquor deliveries in Gujarat, thrice in Ahmedabad and twice in Vadodara.
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