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Ahmedabad Police Bust Farmhouse Liquor Party in Dry Gujarat, Arrest 20

Officers infiltrated the late-night event using paid passes from WhatsApp groups to expose the network behind it.

Overview

  • Thirteen of those arrested are foreign students, mainly from Kenya with others from Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique and Botswana, according to police.
  • Investigators say about 70 people were present, and arrests followed on-site tests that found 15 attendees intoxicated.
  • Police seized roughly 51 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor and 15 hookahs, items banned under state law.
  • Those held include farmhouse owner Milan Patel and alleged bootleggers Anant Kapil and Ashish Jadeja, who were picked up in follow-up action.
  • Cases have been registered under the Gujarat Prohibition Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as police probe the organisers, suppliers and the liquor source.