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Two illegal liquor suppliers arrested, 1.6k bottles seized

ByKarn Pratap Singh
Aug 27, 2016 09:56 AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old man and his aide were arrested for allegedly selling and supplying spurious alcohol in Ghaziabad and surrounding areas.

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Umesh Kumar told police he wanted to make a quick buck to fund his dreams of becoming a politician.

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He wanted to buy a ticket from a regional political party to contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls next year. He wanted to contest from Ghaziabad, where he lives, sources said.

“The party leader had asked Kumar to arrange between Rs 1 crore and Rs 1.5 crore to get the ticket. Kumar agreed,” said a source.

Soon after, Kumar joined with his 27-year-old friend, Virender Pal, also a Ghaziabad resident, to sell illegal alcohol.

The two began procuring liquor from Gurgaon suppliers, smuggled it to Ghaziabad and sold to unauthorised liquor shopkeepers.

The duo sold spurious liquor at their unauthorised shop in Ghaziabad, said police.

Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Surender Kumar said the anti-auto theft squad led by ACP Rajender Singh and Inspector Raj Kumar arrested the duo on Wednesday mor ning. They intercepted the two and caught them near Dwarka Sector 21 Metro Station, where the team was checking vehicles.

They seized 35 cartons of spurious liquor named ‘NAINA, Pure malt whisky for sale in Arunachal Pradesh only’.

“Each carton contained 48 quarter bottles of liquor. We also seized the SX4 car in which the two were smuggling the seized liquor,” said Kumar. He said a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Excise Act was registered against them.

On questioning, the two said they sourced the liquor in bulk from a Gurgaon supplier.

“The gang was running this illegal business on a 100% profit margin. One carton filled with 48 quarter bottles cost them Rs 1,000 and they sold the carton for Rs 2,000. The profit margin increased if they sold it loose,” the officer said.

The police are trying to identify those behind illegally manufacturing spurious liquor and supplying them to people such as Kumar and Pal.

“Our teams are making efforts to unearth all such manufacturing units and neutralise the entire nexus,” said the officer.

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