The Chamoli district police have introduced the static surveillance, video surveillance and flying squad teams at main places of the district and also at the inter-district borders to curb liquor smuggling and other illegal activities in the district in the run-up to the Tharali Assembly by- election slated on May 28.
It is learnt that police along with the static surveillance team had recovered a large amount of smuggled liquor from Mahalchari and Gauchar areas on Thursday. Some of the liquor smugglers were arrested too.
The police said that during regular checking of vehicles, the static team recovered 331 bottle of Haryana brand found stacked in a vehicle bearing the number HR-26AV 3434 on Thursday and arrested Preetam Singh, resident of Terpari in Gurugram district, and Pradeep Kumar, resident of Dulhera, Jhajhar district, Haryana on the charge of smuggling liquor.
Besides, another alleged bootlegger who is a resident of Gairsain was arrested from Gauchor on the same day and four cartons of smuggled liquor were seized from him.
The vehicles allegedly used in smuggling liquor were also impounded, police informed.