Amid lockdown, India is closed except for the essential supplies. Due to lockdown, everyone is facing inconvenience in a way or another. In these tough times, the one product which is in immense demand is Liquor.
The central government has kept liquor apart from essential commodities while some states have opened the shops to generate revenue. The regular drinker are often on Twitter requesting the government for opening of the shops.
In the states where stores are closed, liquor is in high demand and is selling at double or triple the price. Looking at lockdown as the chance to earn few extra bucks two men are arrested by police smuggling the liquor in a private ambulance.
The vehicle was seized in south Delhi. A total of 913 smuggled illicit liquor bottles were found from in the ambulance. The arrested were identified as Harish Lohia, 34, who was driving the vehicle, and Devender, 40.
The DCP of (Dwarka), Anto Alphonse said they were tipped off about smuggling liquor in an ambulance. He said:
“Our team laid a trap near the local crematorium. Around 9.30 am, the ambulance, a Force jeep was spotted and stopped. Its driver and another occupant tried to flee but were caught.”
The police found a cold storage unit inside the ambulance filled with liquor bottles. A total of 25 cartons, containing 913 bottles of illicit liquor, were recovered. Recently, a Delhi Police officer and a milkman were caught smuggling liquor in the city.
