Coimbatore: Police have arrested four youths for smuggling liquor from Tirupur to Coimbatore. 950 bottles of liquor and Rs 1 lakh were confiscated from them.
Coimbatore: Police have arrested four youths for smuggling liquor from Tirupur to Coimbatore. 950 bottles of liquor and Rs 1 lakh were confiscated from them.
Due to the curfew in 11 districts, including Coimbatore, Tasmac stores have not been opened and liquor from neighboring states continues to be smuggled and sold at exorbitant prices.
In particular, large quantities of liquor are smuggled in from Karnataka. Similarly, Tirupur police received a tip-off that bottles of liquor were being smuggled from Karnataka and sold in the Tirupur area. Police conducted a search. It was then revealed that 4,000 bottles of wine were stored in boxes in a godown. Following this, the police confiscated them and conducted an investigation.
Following the investigation, the Tirupur police informed the Coimbatore police after receiving information that four youths involved were smuggling liquor in a car. Following this, the police conducted a vehicle search on Trichy Road last night. When a car was stopped near Ramanathapuram at that time, the occupants of the car responded contrary to precedent. Thus the police searched the car.
In it, it was revealed that 950 bottles of liquor were smuggled. Following this, the police arrested Muthukumar, 39, Prem, 26, Gopalakrishnan, 30, and Surya, 25, for smuggling liquor in a car. Police have seized 950 bottles of liquor and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash from their car and are continuing their investigation.
Due to the curfew in 11 districts, including Coimbatore, Tasmac stores have not been opened and liquor from neighboring states continues to be smuggled and sold at exorbitant prices.
In particular, large quantities of liquor are smuggled in from Karnataka. Similarly, Tirupur police received a tip-off that bottles of liquor were being smuggled from Karnataka and sold in the Tirupur area. Police conducted a search. It was then revealed that 4,000 bottles of wine were stored in boxes in a godown. Following this, the police confiscated them and conducted an investigation.
Following the investigation, the Tirupur police informed the Coimbatore police after receiving information that four youths involved were smuggling liquor in a car. Following this, the police conducted a vehicle search on Trichy Road last night. When a car was stopped near Ramanathapuram at that time, the occupants of the car responded contrary to precedent. Thus the police searched the car.
In it, it was revealed that 950 bottles of liquor were smuggled. Following this, the police arrested Muthukumar, 39, Prem, 26, Gopalakrishnan, 30, and Surya, 25, for smuggling liquor in a car. Police have seized 950 bottles of liquor and Rs 1.5 lakh in cash from their car and are continuing their investigation.