Illegal liquor worth ₹40 lakh seized

Prayagraj: Sleuths of special task force (STF) on Tuesday claimed to have busted an inter-state racket involved in liquor smuggling and arrested its two key members near Naveen Mandi over bridge on Lucknow-Gorakhpur highway in Ayodhya district while they were taking the illegal liquor consignment to Bihar.

The police have seized 290 cartons of illegal liquor worth Rs 40 lakh, one truck with fake registration plate, two mobile sets, one PAN card, one DL and Rs 2110 cash from their possession.
The arrested persons identified as Mahendra Pal and Pawan Kumar, were residents of Ropar in Punjab state.

Deputy SP (STF) Navendu Kumar told reporters that after receiving inputs that racketeers were involved in smuggling of illegal liquor from Delhi\ Haryana to Bihar towns via UP, a team of STF intercepted a truck carrying illegal consignment of liquor.

He added that the miscreants had hidden the illegal liquor consignment among the cartons of ready-made hosiery, cotton, cosmetics, auto\car accessories, mattress, bathroom hardware’s and other items.

STF claimed that a group of liquor mafia from Punjab’s Girakhpur Mohali was involved in smuggling of liquor to Patna in Bihar to earn hefty profits.

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