Summary:
Muzaffarnagar police on Tuesday morning seized 425 cartons of illicit liquor worth Rs 18 lakh at Budhana here and arrested a smuggler. On December 12, Muzaffarnagar police arrested two men with 1,000 cartons of illicit liquor worth Rs 35 lakh. “There is less tax on liquor in Haryana, which is why smugglers from Uttar Pradesh bring liquor here to sell it at a good price. A source said that as liquor is completely banned in Bihar, the smugglers took a detour via Uttar Pradesh to transport it.This is not the first time that illicit liquor was seized in the state. The excise department's team continues to conduct regular checks and raids to nab the smugglers," said Akhilesh Kumar, the district excise officer..