58 cartons of foreign liquor seized

  • | Sunday | 15th January, 2017

Agra: Police seized 58 cartons of foreign liquor from two godowns here on Sunday. During interrogation, the three accused confessed that they weresmuggling alcohol from Haryana to serve among local villagers for election. One of the godown owners is a wanted criminal on whom police had announced a reward of Rs12,000.Bottles of branded whisky worth over Rs 4 lakh were brought from Haryana to serve among locals in exchange of votes, said sources.Talking to TOI, Raguraj Singh, station officer of New Agra, said, “We have arrested Praveen Shivhare wanted in smuggling of alcohol and Kishan Lal from New Agra area with a Haryana registration SUV.”“The two men had kept the alcohol bottles in their warehouse and were about to distribute it to lure votes,” he added.The two were booked under Excise Act for smuggling alcohol and other sections of IPC.Earlier on Tuesday, 500 bottles of rum were seized from a New Delhi registration taxi.

Agra: Police seized 58 cartons of foreign liquor from two godowns here on Sunday. One of the godown owners is a wanted criminal on whom police had announced a reward of Rs12,000.Bottles of branded whisky worth over Rs 4 lakh were brought from Haryana to serve among locals in exchange of votes, said sources.Talking to TOI, Raguraj Singh, station officer of New Agra, said, “We have arrested Praveen Shivhare wanted in smuggling of alcohol and Kishan Lal from New Agra area with a Haryana registration SUV.”“The two men had kept the alcohol bottles in their warehouse and were about to distribute it to lure votes,” he added.The two were booked under Excise Act for smuggling alcohol and other sections of IPC.Earlier on Tuesday, 500 bottles of rum were seized from a New Delhi registration taxi. During interrogation, the three accused confessed that they weresmuggling alcohol from Haryana to serve among local villagers for election.

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