Nilgiris: The public and social activists have been complaining to the police about the illegal sale of liquor in Ooty, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Kudalur and other areas of the Nilgiris district for the past few days. Following this, the police intensified surveillance operations to prevent the sale of alcohol. In this situation, Ooty Pudumandu Police Inspector Mrs. Allirani, Assistant Police Inspector Mr. Senthil Kumar, on the order, were conducting vehicle search in the Attikal Junction area.
Then they stopped and searched the suspicious minivan that came that way. At that time, 2 people in the vehicle were talking back and forth. After that, when the van was searched, it was revealed that the bottles of liquor bought from Tasmac were stored and taken for sale. During the investigation, it was revealed that the people in the van were Suresh from Coimbatore and Ashik from Solur. Following this, the police arrested both of them. They also seized 180 bottles of liquor from the van. Following this, the police yesterday arrested the main culprit, Bojan, from Koogkal area, who was involved in the sale of liquor bottles. After this, all 3 of them were produced in court and imprisoned.