3 nabbed for liquor peddling, 238 bottles of whisky seized

Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, April 27

The police have arrested three persons for peddling liquor in two cases and recovered 238 bottles from them.

A patrol party of the Daresi police nabbed two persons, Jatinder Singh and Inderjit Singh, both residents of Gandhi Nagar, while they were reportedly going towards Shivpuri side on a scooter to sell liquor. Twelve bottles of country liquor were recovered from their possession. A case under sections 61/1/14 of the Excise Act and 188 of the IPC has been registered.

In the other case, the Sahnewal police arrested Munna Shah, a resident of Mahadev Nagar, and booked his accomplice, Kaku, a resident of 33 Feet Road, Pippal Chowk, for peddling liquor. The police raided a makeshift tea shop run by the suspects on Jaspal Bangar Road and seized 216 bottles of liquor from the premises. A case has been registered under sections 61/1/14 of the Excise Act.

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