India, March 31 -- The arrest of a 48-year-old bootlegger on Monday has evoked a sense of deja vu: this is the second time he, along with the same camels, has been arrested in six months for trying to smuggle liquor on camelback into the Capital from Faridabad through a forest stretch. Delhi Police had first uncovered the new tactic deployed by liquor traffickers to outsmart police surveillance in September last year.

Acting on a tip-off, on Monday, police laid a trap for Faridabad resident Vinod Bhadana, who is out on bail in the first case, at Sangam Vihar and arrested him for attempting to smuggle 39 cartons of illicit liquor into Delhi on camelback. They also seized two camels, Kalli and Bhuri - who had also been used in the bootlegg...