1500 crates of alcohol seized from Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur

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ANI Jaunpur, (Uttar Pradesh), [India]
Last Updated : Jan 29 2017 | 5:42 PM IST

Police on Sunday seized 1500 crates carrying 67, 500 bottles of alcohol from a truck during checking in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur.

On Sunday morning the Election Commission (EC) seized around 10,000 crates of alcohol from two godowns in Punjab's Bathinda city.

The Election Commission (EC) in a secret operation raided two godowns and seized the crates of alcohol from two different focal points.

The motive of the presence of alcohol of large numbers before the high-voltage Punjab and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections casts suspicion.

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First Published: Jan 29 2017 | 5:34 PM IST

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