Three miscreants involved in transporting and selling of liquor illegally were nabbed and a car used in transporting of liquor and five cartons of liquor worth Rs 10,000 were seized by Crime branch Bhopal on Saturday.
Acting on a tip off regarding a Bolero Jeep bearing registration number MP04-BA-8829 carrying illegal liquor was intercepted at Bhori trisection at Bhopal- Indore highway and three persons in the jeep were detained. The jeep was searched and from the jeep five cartons of liquor was found and when the three were questioned regarding the liquor they were not able to provide documents of license.
The three miscreants were identified as Chandershekar Sharma (50), lakhan Bansal (21) and Dharmendra Malviya (20).
Nabbed accused confessed that they along with manager of Santsangi Trader Company Chandershekar Sharma they used to sell the liquor in villages and remote areas. The owner and higher official of the company would be questioned which would help in the further investigation.
The buyers of the liquor provided by the accused would be investigated in the further investigation.
On July 22 four miscreants were nabbed from different parts of the city and illegally transported liquor worth Rs 1 lakh was seized and manager of liquor shop and contractor were found involved in the illegal trade and in the same manner on Saturday manager of a liquor shop was found involved in the illegal sale of liquor.
The action was taken in the ongoing drive to curb the increasing number of illegal trade of liquor in the city and nearby areas and has proved successful till date.