{"id":376302,"date":"2022-09-05T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=376302"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T06:59:51","slug":"tamilnadu-liquor-shop-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/tamilnadu-liquor-shop-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves in Tamil Nadu  break into liquor shop to rob it, end up drinking, caught wet-handed by police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You must have heard about stealing money, gold and other costly things. But, two men in Tamil Nadu tried to steal liquor from a government-run liquor shop by drilling a hole into the wall. However, they were caught red-handed by the police. A video of this incident went viral on Social media on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident happened on Sunday morning at the TASMAC outlet near Gummidipoondi in Tamil Nadu. Police said that when they looked through the hole, the two men were found drinking and they were made to come out through the hole they drilled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two men drilled a hole in the wall of a liquor shop &amp; were boozing inside when caught redhanded by a patrol police in Thiruvallur district. The men had planned to steal the liquor bottles but decided to booze before taking off when they were caught <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xpresstn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xpresstn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewIndianXpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewIndianXpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zF9MoRjlUX\">pic.twitter.com\/zF9MoRjlUX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Novinston Lobo (@NovinstonLobo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NovinstonLobo\/status\/1566397199881232384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The thieves have been identified as Satish, a Pallikaranai resident, and Muniyan, a Viluppuram resident. Police said that they were staying near the shop area and working as casual labourers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The viral videos show that the thieves made a large hole in the wall and were planning to steal cash too. But, they started drinking and lost the sense of time and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/top-news\/mohali-swing-fall-ground\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/top-news\/mohali-swing-fall-ground\/\"> Viral: At least 10 injured after joyride crashes at crowded fair in Punjab\u2019s Mohali | WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reports, the police heard noises coming from the shop and when they reached there they saw a large hole and the duo inside with liquor bottles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said that they used hammers and chisels to drill a large hole in the wall of the liquor shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The social media users compared this incident with the famous Hollywood film Shawshank Redemption. One Dixarth wrote on Twitter that they were Shawshank Redemption in an alternative universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shawshank Redemption in alternate universe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LduIH3g3Kv\">https:\/\/t.co\/LduIH3g3Kv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; dixarth \u2604\ufe0f (@dixarth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dixarth\/status\/1566632004870819840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another user Mazher Ramzanali wrote that that&#8217;s why \u2026no booze till the sun goes down. Finish your work then have a drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhavani Giddu wrote ..well, in my times when the liquor store was closed, they would knock twice on the shutter and someone from inside would pass a bottle of our choice. 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