Liquor smuggling in Govt of Guj marked vehicles

Surat: Surat Police on Sunday, uncovered a liquor smuggling operation involving vehicles with ‘Government of Gujarat’ markings transporting contraband from Daman to Surat.

It has been discovered that the drivers working for Class 1 government officials utilized the vehicles by pretending to take them for repairs. These drivers were employed by a company that had been outsourced for the job.

The police arrested three individuals namely, Renish Nijarbhai Vatsaria, Rahul Nijarbhai Vatsaria and Sajid Badruddin Hajiani with liquor worth Rs 25,000, while a liquor dealer named Dhanraj Pran Pamela is still at large.

The Rander Police received a tip-off about a Bolero and a Swift car with a siren installed, which they chased and recovered liquor bottles from. The contraband was worth a total of Rs 25,000, and the seized goods, while the cars, were worth approximately Rs 8.25 lakh. According to ACP RP Jhala, the drivers misled the government officials into believing that the cars were in the garage for repairs. DeshGujarat