A new modus operandi comes to light for illegal liquor transport; 3 nabbed

Surat: Surat Police crime branch nabbed three accused entering Surat after a trip to Goa with family along with liquor bottles in a hidden compartment of two cars at evening on Sunday near Twin-city Bungalows on Navsari road. The family members of the accused were not aware about the liquor hidden in the cars. The modus operandi here was to take family members including women and children along to Goa and return with them, as police would generally not carry out detailed check of car for illegal liquor transportation if family members are present.

A Total 6194 whisky bottles were seized by the police hidden under the seat and compartment in the bonnet-bumper from two cars. The crime-branch police seized items worth Rs 26.26 lakhs including the liquor worth Rs 4.93 lakhs, 4 mobile phones and the 2 cars.

The Surat crime branch had stopped an Innova Crista without numbers and a Mahindra XUV-500 car coming from Kapthela check-post. They found a woman along with the driver from Innova Crista and the driver, a woman, a man and three children from a Mahindra XUV-500 car. After a strict investigation of the cars, the police found whisky worth Rs 4,93,250 from the hidden compartments in the cars. Police nabbed the three accused namely Falgun Ishwarbhai Methiwala (age 37 years), Vikassing Indramani Upadhyay (age 23 years) and Abid Juned Saiyad (age 27 years), residents of Surat.

The police found after the inquiry that the accused Falgun Methiwala and his two accomplices had been carrying liquor in Surat from Goa for some time. They often went on a trip to Goa with family members and brought liquor bottles from there without letting them know. They bought liquor from Anil alias Ajay in Goa.

It is found that out of the two women in the cars, one was Abid’s wife and another was a female from Katargam. The three children were siblings of Abid’s wife. Anil alias Ajay is declared as wanted by the crime-branch. DeshGujarat