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ED raids liquor baron, seizes large liquor Last Updated : 10 May 2017 01:36:52 PM IST ED raided liquor mafia don and others for storing and smuggling liquor valued at Rs 2.29 crore
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided liquor mafia don Ramesh Jagubhai Patel alias Michael, his wife Bhanu and others for storing and smuggling liquor valued at Rs 2.29 crore, officials said.
During the raids, the ED team discovered small tenements to conceal an illegal liquor godown and found several imported luxury vehicles worth another over Rs 2 crore.
The massive 3,000-square metre godown in Bhimpore at Nani Daman was hidden by 80 tenements surrounding it, akin to the 'Dagdi Chawl' in south Mumbai.
However, Patel gave the ED a slip. Efforts are on to trace him, the agency said.
The ED sleuths seized three luxury cars - a Land Rover Evoque, Audi Q3 and Audi A8L from Patel's residence.
They found stocks of 38,000 cases of liquor worth Rs 7.10 crore which may have been illegally smuggled out.
The ED seized 8,850 boxes containing stocks of 191,478 bottles of different liquor brands besides Rs 901,000 in cash.
According to officials, the Patel couple run or own several liquor shops in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu and smuggled in bulk quantities to neighbouring dry state of Gujarat.Local bootleggers were engaged to smuggle large quantities of beers and IMFL brands to Gujarat. The illegally earned money was deposited in their businesses.
Bank account details have thrown up cash deposits worth a whopping Rs 223.47 crore in the past three years alone, the ED said.
Detailing the modus operandi, the ED said trailer trucks with shipping containers were loaded with the illegal liquor consignments using forged bills of other cargo goods to escape scrutiny at the Daman checkposts to enter Gujarat.
The local bootleggers placed orders either telephonically or on WhatsApp, sending images of the written orders to one Sanat Ramesh Patel, an agent for the Patel couple.
The ED said the Patels' businesses have not kept any sales records while the restaurant and business premises are non-functional though they held valid licences, indicating these entities were being used only for illegal transactions.
Violating norms of the Excise Department under the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty At, 1964, the businesses were operated under forged documents which were submitted to various banks.
When the Excise Department came to know of these, it lodged a complaint with the Daman Police against the accused for cheating the government.IANS For Latest Updates Please-
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