Ludhiana, Oct. 8 -- The CIA Staff Khanna police arrested a smuggler and recovered 35 cartons of illicit liquor and a country-made pistol and live cartridges from his possession. The accused, identified as Mandeep Singh alias Mani, a resident of Bagli Kalan village in Samrala, was nabbed during a late-night operation following a tip-off, police said.

According to superintendent of police (SP) Pawanjit Chaudhary, a police team led by sub-inspector Harpreet Singh was conducting routine vehicle checks at the Beeja-Payal Road T-point near Gobindpura village when they received intelligence that Mandeep Singh, a suspect in liquor smuggling, was heading towards the area in his Mahindra Scorpio vehicle carrying a large quantity of illicit liquor....