Kumaon unit of STF Uttarakhand assisted by the local police has arrested four persons from Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district on the charge of supplying liquor illegally from Punjab on Friday. The accused have been identified as Rohit alias Dheela, Vinod Kumar and Joginder, natives of Sonipat, Haryana and Tej Bargali, resident of Mukteshwar in Nainital. STF team acted after receiving a tip- off of some persons carrying liquors of various brands from Punjab in a car coming towards Rudrapur. A team comprising sub-inspector KP Tamta and constables- Surendra Singh Kanwal, Virendra Singh Chauhan, GS Bisht, DS Papra, Kishore and Mahendra Giri, conducted a vehicle checking drive at Tilmil, Rudrapur and arrested the quartet while seizing 440 peti and 900 bottles of liquor. The vehicle was impounded and a case under appropriate sections under Excise Act and 207 Motor Vehicle Act was registered against the accused in Rudrapur police station,. The accused are learnt to admitted that they had brought it from Haryana to supply it at various places of the state like Rudrapur, Haldwani, Nainital, Almora and Bageshwar.
In another development, Udham Singh police had arrested four persons and recovered 2.18 kilograms opium worth Rs 12 lakh from their possession. The accused were identified as Hamid Ahmed, resident of Rudrapur, Atik, native of Pilibhit and Rudrapur residents Satpal and Kulwant. In course of interrogation, the accused are said to have admitted that they had brought the narcotics from Bajpur to supply Rudrapur, said Rudrapur circle officer.