800 containers of liquor seized in UP

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Press Trust of India Ballia
Last Updated : Aug 27 2017 | 7:13 PM IST
Two persons were arrested today and 800 containers of smuggled liquor worth Rs 75 lakhs seized from them in Middha village here, police said.
Acting on a tip off, police arrested Sangam Yadav and Babloo Yadav and recovered 800 crates of liquor manufactured in Haryana. The crates were found inside a Bihar-bound truck.
However, two others escaped from the police.
Additional SP Vijay Pal Singh said, "Liquor carried in a truck was seized early this morning at Middha village".
The truck was on its way with liquor manufactured in Haryana to Bihar, he said.

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First Published: Aug 27 2017 | 7:13 PM IST

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