Plot to transport illegal liquor under pretext of goods from army camp foiled in Gurgaon, over 222 crates seized

Upon being questioned about documents and particulars of goods inside the truck, the driver could not provide proper documents but gave two pages of bills with details of household articles inside the truck, the police said.

The bill allegedly said it was from Aster Relocation Services, Shop 5, Ludhiana industrial area, and addressed to Rt Col Suresh Thapa from Manesar Army base camp. The second page of the bill contained a list of the goods, the police said,

He said the articles were from the Army base camp in Jammu and Kashmir and brought from Punjab to be delivered in Gurgaon.

“Instead of household goods, as he claimed, the truck was found to be filled with illicit liquor. Upon inspection, we discovered 150 crates of McDowell’s, 50 crates of bottled McDowell’s, and 22 crates of All Seasons liquor without a licence,” said the complaint by Sombir Singh of the crime branch unit of Manesar in the FIR.

The police arrested Rashid Khan and seized the truck. All the seized illicit liquor was removed from the truck and documented.

They registered an FIR at the Farukhnagar police station under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 ( Forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), and 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record )and Excise Act Section 61(1)(a) of the Excise Act (prohibit the import or export of any intoxicant into or from Punjab [Haryana]).