Stefan from Sweden empties liquor bottles in Kerala’s Kovalam Dec 31th 2021 police officer suspended

Background to the video: Stefan from Sweden had purchased three bottles of liquor – as per the norms in Kerala, India, a person can carry three litres of liquor sold in the state – from a state-run BEVCO outlet at Vellar near Kovalam on Friday afternoon. While returning from the outlet on his scooter, Stefan was flagged down by a police team, which has been inspecting vehicles as part of a special drive on New Year’s eve. An inspection of the scooter and Stefan led to detection of three bottles of liquor from Stefan’s travel bag. A police officer then asked Stefan for the purchase bill, which he could not produce as the outlet where he’d bought the liquor had not given him the slip. When Stefan requested that he be allowed to return to the liquor outlet and get the bill, the police asked him to abandon the bottles. Instead of abandoning the plastic bottles, Stefan, however, who due to this incident wasn’t in a good mood decided to drain the liquor out of bottles. After this incident in Kerala went vira