Gujarat cops seized liquor worth ₹42cr in past 2 years
Gujarat's tough prohibition laws have kept police busy: over the past two years, authorities seized illegal liquor worth more than ₹42 crore at state borders with Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
That's over 10 lakh bottles of IMFL and around 1.6 lakh beer bottles off the streets, as shared by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi in the Assembly on March 9.
Other key stats from crackdown
The crackdown led to 1,018 arrests so far, though 141 accused are still on the run.
Ahmedabad and Vadodara top the charts for illegal drinking cases: Ahmedabad recorded 17,311 such cases as of December 31, 2025 (reported as a two-year total).
Statewide seizures have also jumped: The source reports IMFL seizures of ₹38.89 crore (and beer worth ₹3.33 crore), totalling more than ₹42 crore over the two-year period ending January 25, 2026.
No other 2024-2025 figures are cited in the source.
Sardarnagar (Sardar Nagar) police station reported the highest seizures, while citywide seizures nearly doubled year-on-year as officials ramped up patrols and raids to tackle bootlegging head-on.