860 bottles of liquor seized in Bihar's Araria

Altogether 860 bottles of liquor were seized by the Sashashtra Seema Bal (SSB) near a village in Araria district along Indo-Nepal border, an SSB official said today.
On a tip off, an SSB team intercepted three bikes near pillar number 189/2 close to Manikpur village under Fulkaha outpost of the district and seized the liquor last night, SSB's 56th battalion Commandant Mukesh Gautam said.
The liquor, valued at Rs 4.30 lakh, was smuggled into the country from Nepal by three smugglers, he said.
All the three smugglers fled the spot.
The seized liquor was handed over to the police.
Police and excise officials have been on the hunt against those involved in sale and manufacture of illicit liquor in the state, especially after four persons died consuming spurious liquor in Rohtas district last week.

A ban on sale and consumption of alcohol was imposed in the state from April last year.