PATNA: A joint group of the excise department along with the Arwal police captured a enormous part of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) value Rs1crore from trucks and detained two individuals in this relationship on Sunday night.
Acting to a tip-off, the officers intercepted two trucks NH-139 beneath the Mehandia police station in Arwal district.
The look of these trucks resulted in seizure of entirely 4,990 minutes of IMFL.
The trucks were going for Saran district in which the consignment was delivered.
During interrogation, the motorists — Jantar Rai and Madan Dhari Rai–informed authorities they had been delegated to take the truck out of Aurangabad into Saran.
But they weren’t told concerning the consignment being hauled.
A senior officer of the excise division stated,”We’re attempting to collect more info regarding the spirits smugglers.
The interrogation of these motorists will throw light on the illegal trade flourishing in the area in breach of their Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016.
” A sub-inspector of authorities introduced at Mehandia police station stated that especially made boxes were created to mislead the probe bureaus.
The boxes included cartons of spirits.
“Had we never obtained specific info, the consignment wouldn’t have been captured,” he further added.
Arwal SP Rajiv Ranjan explained the whole community of liquor smugglers will be crushed in the days ahead.
“We’ve intensified vigil on automobiles NH-139 falling under Mehandia and Kaler police stations in the area,” he further added.
In a second performance, the Vaishali authorities regained spirits worth Rs 50 lakh out of a miniature truck beneath the Ganga Bridge police station place.
The SHO of Ganga Bridge police station Sunil Kumar stated that one individual involved with the smuggling was detained and also an SUV was captured.
Authoritative sources said that raids were conducted in Begusarai and Purnia districts.