Ahead of new year, 3 held in Noida for smuggling liquor from

In a pre-new year swoop on liquor peddlers, Noida police today said they have seized 50 cartons of alcohol being smuggled from Haryana and arrested three people transporting the consignment.

Two cars -- a luxury sedan and a sedan -- which were used to ferry the cartons were also impounded near Harola in Sector 5 by officials of Sector 20 police station, officials said.

Three people, identified as Rajdip, Moninder and Umesh, were arrested after 50 cartons of smuggled liquor was seized from their possession, a police officer said.

The trio has been booked under the provisions of the Excise Act and sent to jail, the officer added.
 

The difference in price fuels inter-state liquor smuggling in Uttar Pradesh, according to media reports, which claim that revenue losses due to such illegal transportation runs into several crores.