Maharashtra: Cop caught smuggling liquor to dry Chanda
Yavatmal: Cops deployed at Belora check post under Shirpur police station in Wani tehsil caught a constable on Wednesday afternoon while he was smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) into neighbouring dry district.
The constable Moreshwar Gore, 34, attached to Chandrapur police headquarters, was travelling in an SUV towards Chandrapur.
When the cops at the check post inspected the vehicle, they found 12 bottles of IMFL worth Rs16,080. After fling an FIR at Shirpur police station, Gore was arrested and the liquor and the vehicle seized.
Chandrapur is a dry district and manufacturing, sale and consumption of liquor there is prohibited. Sale was liquor was banned in Yavatmal also because of the lockdown. The ban as lifted recently but with a cap on the quantity of liquor one can purchase. The police with the help of excise officials are now trying to find out from where the cop procured liquor.
Chandrapur is a dry district and manufacturing, sale and consumption of liquor there is prohibited. Sale was liquor was banned in Yavatmal also because of the lockdown. The ban as lifted recently but with a cap on the quantity of liquor one can purchase. The police with the help of excise officials are now trying to find out from where the cop procured liquor.
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