3 bootleggers nabbed with 34 liquor boxes

Chandigarh, April 27

The Crime Branch of the UT police nabbed three bootleggers while loading 34 liquor boxes from a godown in Sector 36, which was meant to be sold in the city in violation of the curfew orders.

Crime Branch sleuths, who were on patrolling, got a tip-off that a Bolero jeep parked at the rear of a liquor godown is being loaded with liquor boxes.

ASI Rajinder Singh and his team reached the spot and found that 34 boxes of illegal liquor, including 18 boxes of Royal Arm, six boxes of Royal King, five boxes of Platinum, three boxes of Imperial and two boxes of Special, were loaded in the jeep.

The police said the suspects could not produce any licence or permit for opening the liquor godown and carrying the liquor during the curfew. Following this, the three suspects – identified as Harinder Garg, in-charge of the liquor godown, Vijay and Ashish Kumar, both residents of Kajheri village, were arrested.

The police said the suspects also violated the orders of the District Magistrate issued regarding Covid-19.

Consequently, a case under Section 188 of the IPC and Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act, has been registered at the Sector 36 police station. The vehicle has also been impounded by the police. — TNS