Coimbatore: The rural police arrested a truck owner-cum-driver on Saturday for smuggling liquor to the district from Bengaluru.Police seized 455 bottles of liquor, six beer cans, Rs 2.74 lakh and the truck from S Gandhi, 30, of Chokkampatti village near Kadayanallur in Tenkasi district.
A team led by Sulur police inspector Murugesan had stopped the truck on Muthugoundenpudur – Sengodagoundenpudur Road after receiving a tip-off.
“Gandhi used to transport furniture to Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
Last week, some guest workers in Sulur asked him to bring liquor from Bengaluru and offered to pay him handsomely.
So, he bought liquor from shops at Bengaluru city.
He managed to cross the Athipalli check post in Karnataka, passed through Hosur, Krishnagiri, Salem and Erode and entered Coimbatore with the contraband.
He sold some bottles in Sulur before we arrested him,” Murugesan said.“Gandhi is a history-sheeter.
He was booked for sand smuggling and was also detained under the Goondas Act,” the officer added.
TNN
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