Ahmedabad: Cops confiscate 376 bottles of Indian Made Foreign liquor at MP border; accused held

The Police confiscated over 376 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The police booked the man under the Prohibition Act. According to police, the accused was trying to smuggle the liquor consignment to Vadodara.
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Ahmedabad: The Police confiscated over 376 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The police booked the accused under the Prohibition Act. Notably, the team chased an SUV vehicle from Madhya Pradesh in Chhota Udepur and arrested the accused, The Indian Express reported.
Jitendra Parikh, a resident of Vadodara was arrested by a team of Naswadi police station in Chhota Udepur early August 14. According to police, the accused was trying to smuggle the liquor consignment to Vadodara.
“We tried to stop a vehicle at the MP border checkpost but the driver of Creta vehicle fled and a chase ensued. We managed to stop the vehicle near Kanyadan Teen Rasta near Naswadi village. A total of 376 bottles of whisky worth Rs 1.89 lakh were confiscated. We have booked him under the Prohibition Act,” said a senior officer at Naswadi police station in Chhota Udepur as quoted by The Indian Express.
Recently, a man was arrested in Anklav of Anand district for allegedly running an illegal manufacturing unit of IMFL at a field in Bhetasi village. Police during the raid seized chemicals, illicit liquor and empty glass bottles resembling a popular IMFL brand with labels — For sale in Haryana.
According to Anklav police station officials, the team carried out a raid in the field owned by villager Suresh Bhailal Mali, alias Chako, and found chemicals worth Rs 2.1 lakh used to manufacture illicit liquor, ‘alcohol-odour’ worth Rs 17,500, 25 glass bottles resembling brands of IMFL, a machine to seal the bottles and thermometer.
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