COIMBATORE: A 31-year-old man has been arrested for smuggling 575 bottles of liquor into Tirupur district from Dindigual district, where Tasmac outlets have opened since the Covid-19 cases have come down.
The Dharapuram police said they nabbed A Veeraprabhu, a native of Sivaganga district, based on a tip that he was smuggling liquor into the district by taking an alternative route to avoid check posts on the district border.
“We nabbed him at Upputhuraipalayam at 6.30pm on Tuesday.
He had bought 12 boxes of liquor bottles from Ottanchatram in Dindigul and was carrying them in a car.
He is employed with a bar in the Tirupur city police limits,” a cop said.
Police have seized the car, along with the liquor bottles.