Hydraulic Hideouts & GPS Jammers: Bootleggers’ High-Tech Game Ends in Police Net

Liquor Mafia Goes Digital, Police Go Brutal: Sophisticated Smuggling Network Unearthed.

In a major crackdown, police in Vadodara exposed a sophisticated liquor smuggling network that was using specially modified vehicles with concealed cabin compartments to transport illegal alcohol into Gujarat from the Madhya Pradesh border. Acting on a tip-off, authorities intercepted a vehicle and discovered a hidden chamber expertly built inside the driver’s cabin — invisible to the naked eye and designed to evade routine inspections.

Officers recovered a large quantity of liquor bottles stashed inside the secret compartment, indicating a well-planned operation aimed at bypassing Gujarat’s prohibition laws. Investigators suspect the racket has been operating for months, ferrying consignments across state lines under the guise of legitimate travel.

Police have detained the driver and are now probing the larger network behind the operation, including possible links to interstate suppliers and local distributors. The bust highlights the increasingly high-tech tactics bootleggers are adopting — but also signals heightened vigilance by law enforcement along the MP-Gujarat corridor.