The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Surendranagar Police confiscated a significant amount of illegal foreign liquor valued at Rs 85.66 lakh from a truck parked along the Chotila–Sayla National Highway. The seizure, which included foreign liquor concealed under fertiliser bags, totaled around Rs 1.06 crore, encompassing the vehicle and other seized items. Acting on specific intelligence and directives from SP Premsukh Delu to intensify actions against prohibition-related offenses, the LCB carried out the operation.
Following information received by the LCB, a raid was conducted at a truck parked near the Sangani village junction in Chotila taluka, revealing the illegal liquor consignment. During a routine patrol, the LCB team, led by Police Inspector and Police Sub-Inspector J. Y. Pathan, discovered 11,496 bottles of foreign liquor hidden beneath fertiliser bags during a thorough search of the truck. The seized items included foreign liquor bottles valued at Rs 85,66,800, a truck trailer worth Rs 20 lakh, 225 bags of fertiliser valued at Rs 67,500, a mobile phone worth Rs 500, and other related materials, totaling Rs 1,06,34,800.
SP Delu confirmed the seizure, emphasizing the police’s vigilant monitoring of highways to combat illegal liquor transportation. A case has been registered at Chotila Police Station under the Prohibition Act against the truck driver, the vehicle owner, and other unidentified individuals involved in the transportation of the liquor. Despite the accused being at large, police teams are actively pursuing them and dismantling the network behind the operation.
The crackdown on illegal liquor movement continues across the state, with recent enforcement actions resulting in the seizure of foreign liquor worth approximately Rs 1.79 crore from a truck parked along the Rajkot–Ahmedabad highway in Surat district.
