Ahmedabad: Secret cavity to hide liquor found in car

AHMEDABAD: With the first phase of the undoing of the lockdown, ‘Unlock-1’ in progress, police are cracking down on bootleggers and the liquor mafia. In Ramol on Sunday, police caught two persons, Govindsinh Chauhan and Dilipsinh Chudavat, from the basement of Naiya Business Complex near Vastral Crossroads.The two had made a special chamber below the back seat of a car, to store liquor. Cops found 24 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) in the chamber. “They confessed that they had got the IMFL bottles to deliver to customers. Both have been sent for Covid-19 tests before they can be arrested,” said a senior Ramol police official.In another incident, Amraiwadi police raided a gambling den in Kaliya Estate near Rabari Colony Crossroads and caught eight persons gambling. Those held were Dinesh Marwadi, Ishwar Marwadi, Babulal Marwadi, Dinesh Patel, Mukesh Patel, Ashish Chauhan, Rahul Goswami and Pavan Pareva.“We recovered playing cards, their vehicles and mobile phones worth a total of Rs 2.65 lakh . They will be sent for Covid-19 tests before we arrest them,” said a senior Amraiwadi police official.