Under the direction of Dhar Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Singh, Dhar Police took major action against illegal liquor transportation.
In view of the upcoming assembly elections, under the "Special Campaign" being run by Superintendent of Police Dhar, in a joint action by Cyber Crime Branch and Police Station Naugaon, 4 accused were arrested while transporting illegal liquor in a luxurious video coach bus.
The police team seized boxes of illegal English liquor which were being carried in the trunks of the bus from the possession of 4 accused.
From the possession of the accused, 340 pieces of illegal English liquor/beer boxes totaling 3021 bulk liters worth approximately Rs 25,75,000 and sleeper bus no. G.J. 01 cu. 4444 worth around Rs 45 lakh, total cost of liquor and bus seized worth Rs 70,75,000/-
A detailed inquiry is going on regarding the liquor smugglers who were providing and ordering the illegal English liquor seized from the accused arrested in the case.
In view of the upcoming assembly elections, Inspector General of Police Indore (Rural) Range Rakesh Gupta has specially directed to take action against the purchase/sale and transportation of illegal liquor under a special campaign to Superintendent of Police Dhar Manoj Kumar Singh.
Following the order of I G Rakesh Gupta SP Dhar Manoj Kumar Singh ASP Dhar Inderjit Bakalwar, CSP Dhar Ravindra Waskle and Police Station Incharge Naugaon Inspector Savita Chaudhary along with Cyber Branch Incharge Dhar Bherusingh Deora led different police teams.
On tuesday cyber cell in-charge Bherusingh Deora received information from the informer that a video coach sleeper bus was loaded with illegal liquor from Indore. Bus number G J. 01 C.U. 4444 is going towards Alirajpur after filling its luggage in the trunks.
Acting jointly on the above informer's information, police force stopped several vehicles in front of police station Naugaon on Indore-Ahmedabad four lane road. After some time, a brown colored video coach sleeper bus number with white stripes moved towards Indore road. G J. 01 C.U. 4444 came, which was stopped and checked and no passengers/riders were found in the bus.
Three other suspicious boys were found in the bus along with the bus driver, who were not given satisfactory answers while interrogating them. When the police team opened the trunks of the bus and checked, boxes of English liquor Bagpiper Whiskey, Macdaval Whiskey, London Pride Whiskey and Mount 6000 Beer were found in the luggage compartment of the bus, in connection with which driver Ashwin Chauhan and his 03 companions Suresh Dudve, Sanjay Bhinde and Ravi Kanesh could not produce permit/license to transport the said English liquor.
Later, since the act of the four accused was punishable under Section 34(2) of the Excise Act, crime number 407/23 under Section 34(2) of the Excise Act was registered by the team at Police Station Naugaon District Dhar and taken under investigation.