350 cartons of liquor worth Rs 1.5 crore seized in Muzaffarpur

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarpur
Last Updated : Feb 21 2017 | 5:22 PM IST
The police has seized 350 cartons of liquor worth Rs 1.5 crore and arrested three persons in this connection in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
Acting on a tip off, a Special Task Force (STF) team thoroughly checked a truck at a place under the jurisdiction of Ahiyapur police station in the district and seized 350 cartons of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) being brought under the garb of poultry feed last night, Ahiyapur police station, Station House Officer (SHO), Vijay Kumar said.
The police team arrested three persons including truck driver Farookh, cleaner Talim both residents of Nuh district of Haryana and Sanjan Kumar, a resident of Bihar, Kumar said.
All the liquor bottles seized had the sticker of supply only within Haryana, he added.
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Meanwhile, the police today arrested four persons from Ghola area in connection with the sale of spurious liquor.
Angry mobs also today set on fire many illegal liquor vends in the area.
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First Published: Feb 21 2017 | 5:22 PM IST

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