Police drive against illegal liquor, tinted glasses

Policemen check vehicles for liquor and removing tinted strips from a car in Dehradun on Thursday.

Dehradun, January 5
The city police today began its campaign to impound illegal liquor and penalise the owners of vehicles with tinted glasses. In its first such drive, the Dhara police post nabbed an auto driver, Guddu, for carrying 470 small bottles of desi liquor near the Clock Tower.

Under the campaign, any one found carrying objectionable items or arms in vehicles will be arrested. The use of dark films on windowpanes of vehicles has also been banned.

Since a number of vehicles have tinted glasses they will now face a daunting task to remove the dark films all of a sudden.

The tendency to serve liquor to voters also increases during elections. Seeing this police has swung into action to keep a vigilant eye on offenders.

Senior Superintendent of Police GN Goswami said 10 surveillance teams, led by police officials, had been constituted to check suspicious vehicles, transportation of illegal liquor, etc, according to the directions of the Election Commission of India.