East Ahmedabad accounts for 71% of city’s booze seizures

Eastern Ahmedabad has accounted for 71.5% of the total value of liquor seized by police in the city between January and July 2026, according to police data. The total seizure value across Ahmedabad stood at Rs 12.5 crore, with eastern police stations responsible for Rs 8.9 crore of that amount. Western police stations accounted for only Rs 2.4 crore, or 19.3% of the city's total.

Within the western belt, Sarkhej and Sola recorded the highest seizure values at Rs 1 crore and Rs 94.4 lakh respectively, together making up over 80% of the west's total. In the east, Naroda police station led the city with seizures worth about Rs 2.04 crore, followed by Ramol at Rs 2.01 crore, Nikol at Rs 1.5 crore, and Narol at Rs 1.4 crore.

The east also dominated in case numbers, accounting for 69.5% of country liquor cases and 66.1% of Indian-made foreign liquor cases. Of 63 illicit liquor-manufacturing cases across the city, 59 were in the east. A senior police officer cautioned that the data reflects detected offences and seizures, not necessarily higher actual consumption or illegal sales in the east.