Crime branch has arrested two accused involved in smuggling liquor using a loading auto rickshaw on Friday night, the accused used to sell the liquor purchased from Bhopal in Mandideep, liquor and loading auto rickshaw were seized in the action.
Acting swiftly on the information received of the liquor transported illegally, the police team tracked the accused and seized the loading auto rickshaw.
In the action 113 liters of country made liquor and 13 boxes of liquor loaded in the loading auto rickshaw of the accused have been seized. Action has been taken against both the accused under the Excise Act. Both have been presented in the court on Saturday afternoon.
The accused were identified as Kamal alias Kapil Thakur (39) of Mandideep. The accused have studied till class 10th.
Additional DCP Shelendra Singh Chauhan said that Kamal alias Kapil Thakur works as a loading auto driver whereas the second accused Aditya Kanade (30) is also a resident of Mandideep and has studied till class 7.
He works as a tailor and used to smuggle liquor with Kamal at night. On the information of an informer, both of them were cordoned off and detained from Govindpura police station area near Dhanvantri Park in the night on Friday. During checking of his loading auto rickshaw, 13 boxes containing 113 liters of liquor were found stored illegally.