The Surat Municipal Corporation officials razed two tent structures used by alleged bootleggers to sell liquor on municipal-owned plots in Vadod and Bamroli areas on Wednesday.
During the raid in Bamroli, officials said they discovered liquor being sold at a tent made of wooden logs. When the officials summoned Pandesara police, those inside the tent fled.
The local liquor, packed in pouches, was seized by police on the spot. Municipal officials had demolished the illegal structure and cleared 420 square feet of land.
Later in the afternoon, the South A Zone officials accompanied by security staff and SRP jawans reached Vodod and found bootleggers selling liquor in a tent. The officials razed the structure while the bootleggers fled the spot when the police reached.
SMC South A Zone Executive engineer S D Prajapati said, “Our teams somehow entered into the tents and identified themselves as municipal officials. We asked the bootleggers to vacate the area which they denied. We later intimated the Pandesara police and later they ran away from both the places…”