3 steal ambulance from Ghaziabad, modify it to smuggle liquor to dry Bihar, held
MEERUT: Three men allegedly stole an ambulance, changed the registration plates and modified it to create a hidden compartment with the intent to smuggle liquor to Bihar, where sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited.
But before they could execute their plan and siren past Bihar police's checkpost, they were arrested on Monday in UP's Meerut.
Accused Vinod Singh, 50, and his son Pratap Singh, 26, are residents of Agra, while their accomplice Mohd Farman (in his late 30s) is a resident of Meerut.
They stole the ambulance from Ghaziabad from Sihani Gate area of Ghaziabad on June 15 and modified it in Meerut, said police. Following the theft, an FIR was lodged at Ghaziabad police station.
Meanwhile, Meerut police received a tip-off about the movement of a stolen ambulance in the city and intercepted the accused.
SP (city) Ayush Vikram Singh said, "Farman, a denting-painting worker, removed the original number plates and fixed Bihar registration plates to avoid suspicion. Vinod Singh confessed that he often smuggled liquor to Bihar."
SP Singh said the accused chose an ambulance as such vehicles rarely got checked and can siren past police checkposts. "A fresh FIR has been lodged against them under relevant BNS sections. Further probe is on," SP Singh said.
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