PATNA: In a major crackdown against illicit liquor smuggling, police seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 1.5 crore from Siwan, Vaishali, Sheikhpura and Katihar districts.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team seized a truck parked near a petrol pump on Chhapra-Siwan road under Sarai police outpost in the wee hours of Sunday.
The search of the vehicle led to recovery of liquor worth Rs 1 crore.
Locals told the police that the truck was parked by the driver late on Friday night and the driver was waiting for the dealer to deliver the consignment.
However, he escaped after seeing the police.
Siwan sub-divisional police officer Jitendra Pandey said efforts were on to ascertain the identity of the dealer who had booked the consignment.
In another operation, police seized liquor worth over Rs 12 lakh from a chicken farm at Kodar village under Darauli police station in Siwan district.
The chicken farm is located at Kodar village.
In Vaishali, the police seized a huge consignment of illicit liquor from a truck parked near Kuari Chowk on Hajipur-Jandaha road on Sunday.
The liquor was being transported in the vehicle laden with bananas.
Hajipur sub-divisional police officer Raghav Dayal said 338 cartons of liquor were recovered from the truck, which had been seized and the driver booked under relevant sections of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
The police officers of Sheikhpura also carried out a drive against liquor smugglers in the district on Sunday and recovered a huge consignment of foreign liquor.
Sheikhpura SP Kartikey Sharma said six people involved in the smuggling of alcohol were arrested and sent to judicial custody.
In addition, an excise department team conducted a raid under Pothia police outpost in Katihar district and seized around 2,000 litres of IMFL from a container coming from West Bengal.
A senior excise department official, Amar Kant Jha, said the seized liquor was worth over Rs 15 lakh.
“We are keeping a strict vigil on vehicles entering the state’s limit from West Bengal,” he added.