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MOTIHARI: Liquor prohibition in the state, it seems, has come as a boon for daily-wagers and small traders on either side of the India-Nepal border in Motihari and neighbouring areas in East Champaran district. These people have now started bootlegging More than 100 hutments have come up near the no-man’s land in Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal, which share the open border with East Champaran district, where huge volume of low quality of Nepalese liquor, commonly known as ‘saufi’ bottles are being sold.Sources said more than 100 bootleggers are involved in this racket in East Champaran. Police have also seized 30 SUVs, cars and bikes used for carrying illegal liquor. He had accepted that there has been substantial spurt in the smuggling of liquor from Nepal border in last one year as Bihar is a dry state following imposition of total prohibition on April 5, 2016.Sources said the state government has sought help and cooperation from Nepal government to check smuggling of liquor across the border. They are working as couriers to make home delivery of the Nepalese liquor in Raxaul, Adapur, Chhoradano, Ghorasan, Dhaka, Chiraiya, Gurhenwa, Kumdawa and Chainpur areas, posing a challenge to SSB, excise, customs and local police.India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) smugglers too have been offensive as a SAP jawan was killed a few days ago near Rajepur, when a police team tried to stop an SUV loaded with liquor bottles..