The Ahmedabad police’s Prevention of Crime Branch (PCB) team seized foreign liquor from an auto-rickshaw near airport circle on Wednesday. Upon investigation, it was found that the liquor bottles were sourced from a godown near Jaspur.The PCB team, with the help of Santej police, raided the godown and seized the liquor bottles.

PCB’s Police Inspector M C Chaudhary had received intelligence about the auto-rickshaw, following which the team kept a watch on it.

The rickshaw driver, Rajendra Chaudhary, informed the police that Jitendrasingh Keval from the Narendrasinh Prahar godown in Jaspur had helped him load the liquor bottles.

Since the godown was located within the jurisdiction of the Santej police station, the PCB team jointly conducted the raid. They seized 4,000 bottles of foreign liquor and three vehicles from the godown located at Mahesh Patel’s farmhouse. It was revealed that these vehicles regularly supplied liquor in the city. The police have initiated further investigation in the matter.

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