KATRA: Police on Monday arrested a scooty rider and recovered 97 pouches of liquor from his possession.
According to a report, a police team headed by Inspector Sanjeev Sharma, SHO Police Station Katra acting on a specific input, laid a special patrolling at main Bazar Katra and during patrolling duty intercepted one Scooty bearing registration No.JK02BH/4107 which coming towards Katra from Jammu.
During checking, the police team succeeded in recovery of 37 pouches of J and K Excise Liquor from the possession of Rohit Kumar son of Markat resident of W. No.03 Bahu Fort Jammu.
The accused person has been arrested and recovered poly pouches of liquor have been seized. Scooty bearing registration No.JK02BH/4107 which was used for transportation of illicit liquor has also been seized
A case vide FIR No. 52/2016 under section 48-A Act, 188/RPC was registered at Police Station Katra.