19 bootleggers, 1 drug peddler arrested in UP

20 people, including 19 bootleggers and a drug peddler were arrested from several parts of the district today, as part of a police crackdown on smuggled and illicit liquor ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
A huge cache of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), country wine, raw booze containers and intoxicating pills have been seized from their possession, they said.
"330 cartons of full bottles, 300 quarter bottles, 295 litres of country wine, which was filled in the plastic canes and 200 sleeping tablets have been confiscated from their possession," Deepak Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ghaziabad told PTI.
"All 20 accused have been sent to jail under excise and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act," he said, adding that Loni Kotwali, Loni Border, Modinagar, Muradnagar, Khoda, Link Road, Sihani Gate and Sahibabad police arrested them when they were ferrying the liquor.