Liquor worth Rs 23 lakh seized, one nabbed

Varanasi | Monday | 2nd July, 2018

Summary:

VARANASI: The police seized a consignment of smuggled Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 23 lakh and arrested one person in Rohaniya area of Saturday.According to reports, acting on a tip off, the police started a vehicle-checking drive at Lathiya crossing. The liquor was being smuggled to Bihar.The police arrested one Pramod Kumar Yadav of Chandauli district . While checking a truck (UP 18 AC 7877) as part of the drive, 300 cartons containing 14,400 bottles of liquor were found. He was booked under sections 419 and 420 of IPC and 60 Excise Act..