Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: Satwari police under ‘Operation Amrit’ arrested a criminal and recovered large quantity of illicit liquor bottles.
As per police sources, on reliable information, a team from Satwari Police Station laid a naka at Babliana and intercepted a person, who was moving under suspicious circumstances.
During checking, police recovered 60 bottles of illicit liquor from the possession of the pedestrian and arrested him.
The arrested person identified as Salinder Singh, son of Surjeet Singh, a resident of Dharap was a criminal and was indulged into the trade of selling illicit liquor.
He was carrying the illicit liquor bottles to his native area for selling among the people to make illegitimate profits. The accused is a
A case under FIR Number 6/18 under Section 48-A Excise Act has been registered at Satwari Police Station and investigation started to ascertain the source of the consignment.
Police team led by SHO Satwari Inspector Manjeet Singh made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO South Mohammad Rafiq Manhas, SP South Sandeep Choudhary and SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta.
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