Overview
- Delhi Police, acting on a tip Monday, arrested 48-year-old Vinod Bhadana at Sangam Vihar as he led two camels loaded with liquor.
- Officers seized 39 cartons holding 1,938 bottles, including 29 of country-made liquor and 10 marked for sale only in Haryana.
- Investigators say traffickers shifted to this forest corridor to dodge stricter highway checks under a Delhi drive called Operation Kavach.
- The same man and the same camels were caught in September, and he was out on bail when police arrested him again after the animals were returned from a shelter.
- Police registered cases under the Delhi Excise Act and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, rescued the camels, and are probing handlers, recce teams, and local suppliers linked to the operation.