New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI): The enforcement team of the Delhi government’s Excise Department on Thursday recovered 168 cartons of liquor allegedly smuggled into the city for sale, officials said.

A Uttar Pradesh resident, Deepu (25), was caught red-handed while handling the illicit consignment, an official of the department said.

The seized items included 135 cartons of country liquor, 23 cartons of Indian Manufactured Foreign Liquor (IMFL), and 10 cartons of beer. The illicit liquor was smuggled into the city from Haryana, officials said.

The enforcement team, comprising Inspector Rohit Kumar and Head Constables Vikram Yadav and Sanjay Kumar, had been gathering information regarding the supply of illicit liquor in Onkar Nagar in the Trinagar area for the past week.

A case was registered at Keshav Puram police station in northwest Delhi under relevant provisions of the Delhi Excise Act. The estimated value of the recovered illicit liquor stood at Rs 5.7 lakh, an official said.