465 liquor bottles recovered after man held held in Anantnag

SRINAGAR — A man was arrested by police along with liquor in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday.

In a statement, Police said that during naka checking today at Bumzoo KP Road, SHO Police Station Mattan along with his team stopped one person namely Farooq Ahmad Ganai, son of Gh Rasool Ganie, resident of Seer Hamdan, who was carrying a bag. During searches, 25 bottles of liquor were recovered from his possession.

In this regard, case FIR number 66/2020 U/S 48 Excise Act stands registered and investigation was taken up.

However, on further questioning, the subject revealed that he has dumped big stock of liquor outside his home in the yard.

Police party rushed to the spot and recovered more 440 bottles of liquor which were buried in the yard of his house, the statement added.