Smuggled liquor worth Rs 65 lakh seized, one arrested

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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
Last Updated : Jul 02 2016 | 7:02 PM IST
Acting on a tip-off, police seized a truck here for ferrying smuggled country-made foreign liquor from Haryana.
According to Indirapuram SHO Gorakh Nath Yadav, police and Excise Department teams intercepted the truck at UP gate last night.
A search of the vehicle revealed 1,200 cartons of bottles of foreign liquor, worth Rs 65 lakh, stashed inside, he said.
Police arrested the driver, Jagtar Singh of Kurukshetra in Haryana, while his other associates managed to flee.
During interrogation, the driver told the police that the liquor was being smuggled for retailing here.
The liquor and the vehicle were confiscated, the SHO said, adding that the driver has been sent to jail.
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First Published: Jul 02 2016 | 7:02 PM IST

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