Savli police bust liquor supply racket in which vanity van was used

Vadodara: The Savli police have busted an illegal liquor supply network that resorted to vanity vans used by film stars. They have seized 253 boxes of liquor from a luxury vanity van at the Khakhariya check post coming from the direction of Rajasthan. The cops have seized the liquor, the vanity van and are interrogating the two persons in this matter.

There are a total of 5556 bottles of alcohol in the 253 boxes. The persons who have been arrested are Sumersingh Narendrasingh Rathod (native of Ajmer in Rajasthan) and Shravan Chogaram Patel (native of Jodhpur, Rajasthan). The goods and equipments seized as part of this operation include the liquor bottles, the vanity van, two mobiles and cash worth Rs 50.25 lakh.

The liquor being transported through the vanity van was meant to be supplied to a bootlegger in Vadodara, a preliminary investigation by the police has revealed. The police are interrogating the two arrested persons regarding the sourcing of the liquor bottles. DeshGujarat