Bhopal

3 miscreants held for selling liquor illegally

Staff Reporter

Three miscreants involved in transporting and selling of liquor illegally were nabbed near 108 Ambulance office at Idgah Hills were nabbed on Wednesday. A car used in transporting liquor was seized and the police recovered 300 bottles of liquor worth Rs 15,000.

Acting on a tip off, regarding three miscreants involved in selling of liquor were nabbed near 108 Ambulance office at Idgah Hills and recovered gunny bags carrying liquor and when they were asked they failed to provide documents of the liquor selling. The three miscreants were identified Akash alias Bali, Sanjay and Rishabh, all residents of Vajpayee Nagar.

The Shahjehanabad police said that Akash has been booked for serious crimes while the other two accused have also been booked by Shahjehanabad police for different crimes. The three were on their way to supply the liquor which would be investigated. It is possible that the three would board vehicle carrying liquor but vehicle was not found near the spot. 

Nabbed accused confessed that they used to sell the liquor in remote areas. The source and customers would be investigated in the investigation.

The buyers of the liquor provided by the accused would be investigated in the further investigation. The action was taken in the ongoing drive to curb the increasing n

umber of illegal trade of liquor in the city and nearby

areas. In the investigation police found that the nabbed accused were involved in the illegal selling of liquor for long and have developed network of selling liquor illegally which would be unearthed.