The Need For Booze During Lockdown: Bootlegger Gets Caught With Duty Free Liquor In Bengaluru

A 31-year-old bootlegger was taken into custody for trying to sell foreign liquor via Facebook during lockdown, said a police official.

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"We contacted Roshan Bhateja through a Facebook page undercover and deposited some money for the delivery. As he came to deliver the liquor on Palace Road near the French Consulate, we arrested him," Central Crime Branch (CCB) Deputy Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Jain told IANS.

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Bhateja stocked the liquor for some time before the lockdown began and is now trying to make a quick buck by selling bottles at 3 times the price.

The alcohol includes the likes of Laphroaig, Ballantine's, Cardhu, Teacher's, 100 Pipers, Johnnie Walker, Balvenie, Black & White among others.

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"We arrested him red handed as he came in a car to deliver the illegal liquor," added Jain.

Jain said Bhateja will be quarantined and later sent to judicial custody.

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Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, tweeted, "While some continue to attempt to sell things prohibited in lockdown, CCB continues to raid the accused arrested selling liquor."

#lockdown While some continue to attempt to sell things prohibited in lockdown..CCB continues to raid them..accused arrested selling Liquor bottles..24 high end bottles seized.. @CPBlr pic.twitter.com/0xrN5XV7zf

¡ª Sandeep Patil IPS (@ips_patil) April 28, 2020

India is under lockdown due to coronavirus till May 3 and there is a chance of yet another extension. The original lockdown was till April 14.