The Vadodara Crime Branch nabbed an absconding accused in a bootlegging case operational on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway.

The case dates back to September 2022, when Kheda Police seized a car with 240 liquor bottles and cash worth ₹3.50 lakh near the Chaklasi-Uttarsanda bridge on the expressway.

Vikas Solanki, a resident of the Gadapura area of Vadodara, was named in this case. Solanki, however, was on the run and had the police tailing him for two years.

The crime branch eventually apprehended him, and will now hand him over to the Kheda Police.

Notably, Solanki has 22 liquor-related offences registered against him. He has also been subjected to measures like a PASA (Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985) case and externment.