Dimapur, June 6: Kohima police have arrested a person from Aoyimti in Dimapur on charges of violating the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act. He was found to be in possession of liquor in his vehicle, authorities said on Monday. The Kohima police issued a note on June 6 to offer law enforcement updates.
The authorities said that a mobile unit of the district Executive Force of Kohima was on ‘routine frisking and checking’ of vehicles along National Highway-2 when they happened into a Maruti Wagon R. The vehicle bore the registration number NL-07C-4162.The enforcement personnel found 25 cases of Mc Rum in the vehicle, the police said. The driver of the vehicle was identified as a Wilson Ao, a 37 years old resident of Aoyimti in Dimapur, the police said. The accused was taken into police custody for possession and transportation of liquor, the police said.
For readers’ note, alcohol prohibition in India is in force in the states of Gujarat, Nagaland and parts of Manipur as well as in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Kerala has been implementing prohibition in phases since 2014. Bihar banned alcohol sale on 1 April 2016. All other Indian states and union territories permit the sale of alcohol.
The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act (NLTP) banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in 1989 in the state. Enforcement of the ban is lax and Indian Made Foreign Liquor is readily available apparently in all the districts of the state.
