Chhola Mandir police have nabbed a 40-year-old woman near Chola railway crossing late in the night on Thursday and recovered 380 bottles of country made liquor worth Rs 19,000 from her possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding a woman involved in transporting and carrying liquor for delivering police acted swiftly and rushed to the spot to nab the accused who was identified as Meena Kuchbandiya.
In the initial investigation when the belonging of the accused she was carrying was searched police have recovered 380 liquor bottles from a sack. She was asked regarding the liquor she was not able to provide documents of license.
Nabbed accused confessed that she along with other accomplices work to supply liquor in remote areas as it fetches good money to reach to the customers in remote area and sell liquor.
The buyers of the liquor provided by the accused and network of procurement and selling of liquor and her accomplices in the network would be investigated in the further investigation.
The action was taken in the ongoing drive to curb the increasing number of illegal trade of liquor in the city and nearby areas.
After completing the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 34 (2) of the Excise Act. Police suspect that the woman is involved in other crimes of same nature. Her links in drug trafficking would be investigated.
The woman was scheduled to deliver the liquor but was nabbed before she could deliver it.