Foreign liquor racket busted, two held

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Sep 03 2014 | 2:45 PM IST
With the arrest of two men, police today claimed to have busted a foreign liquor racket that involved alleged smuggling of alcoholic beverages from Delhi.
Acting on a tip-off, prohibition enforcement wing sleuths arrested V Balamurgan and Vikas Kumar Singh and seized 405 bottles of imported wine brands.
They have been remanded in judicial custody, police said.
Vikas Singh, a native of Jharkhand and a resident of Sowcarpet here, had allegedly been supplying imported wine brands to Balamurugan after procuring them from Delhi and the latter had functioned as a local distributor.
The value of seized foreign liquor besides two vehicles involved in transporting them is Rs 10 lakh, police added.
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First Published: Sep 03 2014 | 2:45 PM IST

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