The excise division in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Thursday impounded a truck passing by way of Greater Noida after it was discovered carrying unlawful liquor from Haryana to the “dry” state of Bihar, officers mentioned.
One particular person, the motive force of a Firozabad-registered truck, was arrested within the motion carried out with the assistance of the native police, District Excise Officer Rakesh Bahadur Singh mentioned.
“According to the instructions of the district magistrate and the commissioner of police to curb the sale and transportation of illegal liquor completely, illegal Haryana-brand liquor being sent from Faridabad to Bihar was seized near Pari Chowk during road checking by the joint team of Excise Inspectors Rahul Singh and Chandrashekhar Singh,” the officer mentioned.
“The truck had a secret chamber in the driver’s cabin and a total of 1,200 bottles of liquor were seized in 65 boxes – in which 36 boxes of Royal Stag 750 ml capacity, 11 boxes of Royal Stag 375 ml capacity, 8 boxes of Royal Stag 180 ml and 10 boxes of McDowell Number One 750 ml were recovered,” Singh mentioned.
The driver of the automobile, Narendra Singh who’s a resident of a village in Jehanabad, Bihar, was arrested for transporting illicit liquor by the automobile, he mentioned.
The sale and consumption of alcohol have been fully banned in Bihar since April 2016.
The arrested accused and the proprietor/supervisor of the distillery involved from the place the liquor was taken have been booked below the provisions of the Excise Act, he added.
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