AHMEDABAD: Taking a lift to avoid the drizzle landed two bootleggers from Nadiad in lockup after they took a lift in a car near Hathijan, and the driver of the car informed cops about the duo carrying country liquor.
A resident of Umreth in Anand, Shailesh Patel was going to participate in Guru-Vandana (worship of teacher) event in the Gota area of Ahmedabad city on Nadiad highway.
He said that two men waived hands at him seeking a lift in his car near Nadiad Expressway saying that there was raining outside and they were unable to get any vehicles. Patel offered the duo a lift in his car.
When he was driving the car, he smelt something like liquor in the car and he decided to inform the police, said the FIR.
When he reached near Hathijan Circle, he found a police point there and Patel approached the cops.
He told the cops to check the parcels of the two persons as he suspected that they might carry some alcoholic substance in it.
Cops checked the parcels carried by the two men and found there were 16 plastic bags containing country liquor.
The FIR mentioned that they were carrying 48 litres of country liquor worth Rs 960.
Vivekanandnagar police booked the two men identified as Ajay Talpada, 22, and Manoj Talpada, 20, residents of Nadiad in Kheda, under the prohibition act.
