A team of STF Uttarakhand raided the house of lt Col Ajay Tyagi, located at Clement Town and seized 200 crates of Indian Made Foreign liquors worth around `11 lakhs. Police arrested two liquor smugglers on Thursday. House owner lt Col Tyagi was out of the city as he is now posted in Shimla of Himachal Pradesh. The accused duo had taken the house on rent. They were smuggling liquors in the State capital after they were carted from some neighbouring States, including Punjab.
In view of increasing complaints on smuggling of liquors from neighbouring states-Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and others, Special Task Force (STF) launched the drive.
STF officer said that police had received a tip -off that Indian Made Foreign liquor (IMFl) peddler Sunny Gandhi, resident of Rishikesh, has brought different brands of IMFls from Punjab to smuggle in Uttarakhand. They were also informed that Sunny had stored the booze at a godown of a house located in Clement Town.
Along with excise department officials, STF personnel raided the house of lt Col. Ajay Tyagi, located at Akiti Vihar, Clement Town. STF team includes sub-inspector Aashutosh Singh, chief constable Devendra Bharti and constables -Brijendra Chauhan, Vijay Kamboj, Virendra Nautiyal and Deepak Chandola. STF team seized 200 crates IMF liquors from the house.
STF arrested Sunny Gandhi, resident of Shantinagar, Rishikesh and Geeta Saini, resident of Neembuwala, Cantt, Dehradun. Police also seized two vehicles used for smuggling IMF liquors. The accused is learnt to have admitted their offences.
The duo used to bring liquors from Punjab to supply it to local liquor shops in the state capital, police said. Excise department team includes Vivek Sonkiya, Neelam Rana, Sunil Dutt Badola, Pinki, Vidhwati Negi and Kailesh Chandra.