LIQUOR BOTTLES RECOVERED FROM MILK TRUCK

CHANDIGARH: Police nabbed a 34-year-old man for carrying nearly 440 boxes (21,120 bottles) of illegal liquor in a milk truck. The accused, Gaurav Khatri, a resident of Phase 5 in Mohali, was ferrying the liquor in a milk tanker that was bound for Gujarat, a dry state. Acting on a tip off on Sunday, inspector Ranjit Singh set up a trap near Industrial Area Phase 1, police said. “Due to lockdown, the milk tanker provided a perfect cover for smugglers,” said DSP Rajeev Ambasta. Khatri was booked under the Excise Act.