India, Jan. 1 -- The Ahmedabad Police arrested 238 people for consumption or possession of liquor on New Year's Eve in the city, where prohibition has been in place along with the rest of Gujarat for decades, the city police said in a statement on Thursday.

The statement said the city police registered 246 liquor-related cases, including 123 cases for consumption of liquor (123 arrested), 54 for possession of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (54 arrested), and 69 cases for drunk driving under the Motor Vehicles Act (61 arrested), said officials.

Gujarat is a dry state under the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, which prohibits the manufacture, sale, purchase, possession, transport, and consumption of alcohol. Violations under the law are punisha...