Five miscreants involved in transporting and selling of liquor illegally were nabbed near Bangrasia and a car used in transporting of liquor and 91 litres of liquor worth Rs 40,000 were seized by Misrod police on Sunday.
Acting on a tip off regarding a Bolero Jeep bearing registration number MP04-CK -2759 carrying illegal liquor was intercepted at Bangrasia square and five persons in the jeep were detained. The vehicle was searched and cartons of liquor were found inside the vehicle and when the five were questioned regarding the liquor they were not able to provide documents of license.
The five miscreants were identified as laxminarayan Ahirwar (22), Pramod lodhi (21), Ankesh Sahu (26), Umesh Shivhare (48) and Sanjay Dube(36)
A case under section 34 (2) of the Excise act was registered and started further investigation.
The source and destination of the liquor would be investigated in the further investigation said police.
Meanwhile Ashoka Garden police have nabbed two gamblers from Punjabi Bagh accepting bets on the one day cricket match between India and Sri lanka on Sunday; police recovered 7 mobile phones, one laptop one TV set, betting slips and Rs 12500 cash from their possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding betting on one day cricket match between India and Sri lanka a police team rushed to the spot and nabbed two persons involved in betting.
The nabbed accused persons were identified as Rajesh Jain (47) of Punjabi Bagh and Mahesh Chhatwani (50) of Bairagarh.
The call detail of the mobile phones would be searched. The police have registered a case under section 3 and 4 (A) of Gambling Act.