Saturday, February 20, 2010

Liquor smugglers arrested

14 Feb 2010 JAIPUR: The city police on Friday, seized IMFL worth Rs 4 lakh being smuggled into Jaipur from Haryana. The smugglers who broke road barricades were chased by cops of three police stations.

While fleeing they threw cartons of IMFL on the highway in a bid to lure truck drivers on the road to block the police vehicles. But finally police succeeded in nabbing two of the smugglers and seized a car and a pick-up vehicle used in smuggling. SP (north) Ashok Naruka said the Harmara police got a tip-off that a Mahindra pick-up and a Maruti carrying illegal liquor were on way to Jaipur. Cops of Vishwakarma and Karni Vihar police stations joined Harmara police in the chase.
The police intercepted the Maruti and nabbed two smugglers Indra Jaat and Ramprasad, residents of Sriganganagar district and Muhana in Jaipur, respectively. The smugglers travelling in the pick-up truck managed to escape leaving the vehicle behind.

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