Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 4 : Belicharana police under ‘Operation Amrit’ arrested a man along with smuggled liquor.
As per police sources, on specific information, a team from Belicharana Police Post laid a naka and asked a pedestrian to stop for checking.
On seeing police cops, the pedestrian escaped from the spot. Stinking something fishy, the cops intercepted the pedestrian after a brief chase.
During checking, police recovered 50 plastic bottles of smuggled illicit liquor from the bag being carried by the pedestrian and arrested him.
The arrested person has been identified as Bodh Raj, son of Kirku Ram, a resident of Sowahanjna, Phallain Mandal, District Jammu.
He was smuggling the illicit liquor to his native area for selling among the masses to make illegitimate profits.
A case under Section 48-A Excise Act has been registered at Satwari Police Station and investigation started.
Police team led by Incharge Belicharana Police Post SI Tariq Ahmed made the arrest under the supervision of SHO Satwari Inspector Manjeet Singh, SDPO South Mohammad Rafiq Manhas, Incharge SP South Vinay Kumar and SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta.
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