
Huge cache of premium liquor seized in village near Ranchi.
Ranchi police on Thursday seized a huge cache of India made foreign liquor (IMFL), which peddlers were planning to smuggle to neighbouring Bihar, a state where manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor is prohibited.
A team from Pithoria police station seized the consignment from an abandoned building in Oena village, around 30 km from here, in the wee hours of Thursday and nabbed four peddlers, who confessed to smuggling liquor to Bihar, police said.
“We are still calculating the quantity of liquor. It comprised bottles of premium and expensive brands, which would have been smuggled to Bihar for sale in the black market,” said Ranchi SSP S.K. Jha.
Tests were on to determine whether the liquor in the bottles was genuine, mixed with local brands or illicit.
But Jha said the catch was crucial as it would lead police to people who were involved in bottling liquor in Ranchi and other parts of Jharkhand. “We have to understand the gravity of the matter. Illicit liquor poses major health risks to consumers,” he said.
Related Posts
Gold rods smuggled by passenger seized
Officials of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit seized cylindrical shaped gold...
Police roadblock yields RM114,000 worth of illicit cigarettes
BATU PAHAT: Police believe they have dealt a blow to a tobacco smuggling...
Fake notes with face value of Rs 1.5 lakh seized from 2 migrant labourers in Adugodi
BENGALURU: Fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1.5 lakh were seized...
Chanel files lawsuit against company allegedly infringing on its products
Chanel alleges it has lost thousands of dollars and its consumers’ trust after...


