Prayagraj: In order to dodge the law enforcement agencies, the liquor smugglers of Haryana have now smuggled illegal liquor consignment by filling it in private passenger buses. Rohtak And Hisar to the regions A state in Eastern India,
The bus owner was offered Rs 1 or 1.5 lakh per trip to smuggle the consignments, with the racketeers driving their SUVs to take the buses along the way. Haryana To Bihar.
The shocking case came to light when a team of UP STF on Tuesday arrested six members of an inter-state gang involved in liquor smuggling and seized a consignment of illicit liquor worth Rs 15 lakh. The racketeers have made special hidden pockets inside the buses to hide the consignment. They used to charge less money from the passengers.
The seizure of 75 cartons of IMFL worth about Rs 15 lakh in Sultanpur district has exposed a new modus operandi of the inter-state liquor smuggling racket.
Deputy SP (STF) Navendu Kumar acknowledged the change in the modus operandi of liquor smugglers. Kumar said, “Only professional bus services are hired. The private luxury passenger buses involved have fake registration plates. These luxury passenger buses have different agents to take them to different points , almost like a relay race.”
The DSP also said that the racket kingpin had stopped traveling in trucks after the STF cracked down on liquor smugglers in UP. “The agents escort private passenger buses and also maintain a distance of at least three to five kilometers from the buses carrying consignment. Also, the hired agents check the routes beforehand and prefer to travel at night .
Apart from hiding bulk of the consignment in special cabin boxes of buses, the racketeers also carry smaller consignments with them in escort vehicles. Interestingly, “From drivers to agents, everyone gets a handsome cut for their roles and responsibilities. Drivers are trained to mislead police if caught.”
Besides, they never know about the whole route plan. Hence, despite his arrest, it is difficult to zero in on the kingpin,” admitted a senior police officer, but added that the police were oiling their networking machinery to break the networking of liquor racketeers.
Meanwhile, the DSP said, “Racketeers involved in illegal liquor smuggling make huge profits by smuggling liquor in different districts of Bihar.” However, he disclosed, “Racketeers often travel through the NCR route ie Ghaziabad \ Meerut – Sasaram \ Patna route in which they get a large passenger to board buses to different cities of Bihar and also charge less fare than government buses.”
When the STF team stopped a private Volvo bus near Mujib Tirahe on the Kanpur-Lucknow-Sultanpur highway in Sultanpur district, the STF personnel had to make arrangements to shift the passengers to other Bihar-bound buses. A total of six members of an interstate gang including SUV and bus drivers, conductors and three others were arrested.
The bus owner was offered Rs 1 or 1.5 lakh per trip to smuggle the consignments, with the racketeers driving their SUVs to take the buses along the way. Haryana To Bihar.
The shocking case came to light when a team of UP STF on Tuesday arrested six members of an inter-state gang involved in liquor smuggling and seized a consignment of illicit liquor worth Rs 15 lakh. The racketeers have made special hidden pockets inside the buses to hide the consignment. They used to charge less money from the passengers.
The seizure of 75 cartons of IMFL worth about Rs 15 lakh in Sultanpur district has exposed a new modus operandi of the inter-state liquor smuggling racket.
Deputy SP (STF) Navendu Kumar acknowledged the change in the modus operandi of liquor smugglers. Kumar said, “Only professional bus services are hired. The private luxury passenger buses involved have fake registration plates. These luxury passenger buses have different agents to take them to different points , almost like a relay race.”
The DSP also said that the racket kingpin had stopped traveling in trucks after the STF cracked down on liquor smugglers in UP. “The agents escort private passenger buses and also maintain a distance of at least three to five kilometers from the buses carrying consignment. Also, the hired agents check the routes beforehand and prefer to travel at night .
Apart from hiding bulk of the consignment in special cabin boxes of buses, the racketeers also carry smaller consignments with them in escort vehicles. Interestingly, “From drivers to agents, everyone gets a handsome cut for their roles and responsibilities. Drivers are trained to mislead police if caught.”
Besides, they never know about the whole route plan. Hence, despite his arrest, it is difficult to zero in on the kingpin,” admitted a senior police officer, but added that the police were oiling their networking machinery to break the networking of liquor racketeers.
Meanwhile, the DSP said, “Racketeers involved in illegal liquor smuggling make huge profits by smuggling liquor in different districts of Bihar.” However, he disclosed, “Racketeers often travel through the NCR route ie Ghaziabad \ Meerut – Sasaram \ Patna route in which they get a large passenger to board buses to different cities of Bihar and also charge less fare than government buses.”
When the STF team stopped a private Volvo bus near Mujib Tirahe on the Kanpur-Lucknow-Sultanpur highway in Sultanpur district, the STF personnel had to make arrangements to shift the passengers to other Bihar-bound buses. A total of six members of an interstate gang including SUV and bus drivers, conductors and three others were arrested.