South-East District police has arrested two liquor smugglers in separate incidents under jurisdiction of Okhla Industrial Area and Jaitpur police stations. The police have recovered 46 cartons of Haryana liquor and two vehicles.
The accused, arrested by the team from Okhla Industrial Area led by SHO Inspector Mukesh Walia, was identified as Prashant (23) resident of Gurugram. He was caught smuggling liquor from Gurugram to Delhi in a Honda Amaze Car and recovered 28 cartons of Haryana liquor comprising of 576 quarters of Whiskey and 192 bottles of beer, police said.
DCP (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal said, “A team led by SHO Jaitpur Inspector Sanjay Singh arrested one liquor smuggler namely Amit resident of J.J.Colony, Madanpur Khadar. The police team recovered 894 quarters of Whiskey from the accused’s car.”
The accused Prashant revealed to the police that he used to procure liquor from one Kuldeep from Gurgaon. He has been earlier arrested for similar crime. Amit disclosed that he used to work under a female bootlegger based in Jaitpur. Efforts are being made to trace the female smuggler, Biswal stated.