Illegal liquor worth Rs 12 lakh seized, 2 held
PRAYAGRAJ: A joint team of Jethwara police and crime branch on Monday claimed to have busted a racket involved in the smuggling of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) and country-made liquor near Derwa Bazar area and seized 147 cartons of IMFL and 10 cartons of the country made liquor bottles worth Rs 12 lakh.
The police also arrested two men on the charges of smuggling of illegal liquor bottles from Haryana.
The arrested persons have been identified as Abhay Singh and Sunny Srivastava and are residents of Sangipur and Ramgarh Derwa respectively.
Police are also on the lookout for their accomplice identified as Dhirendra Singh alias Bengali, a resident of Kunda who managed to give a slip to police party. SP (Pratapgarh) Anurag Arya said, “A joint team of Jethwara police and crime branch acting upon a specific tip raided a godown located near an English wine shop near Derwa Bazar area where illegal and smuggled liquor from Harayana was stored.”
Related Posts
EUR 14 million in counterfeit currency seized in a Europol operation in 18 countries
Law enforcement agencies from 18 countries have seized over EUR 14 million in...
Aussie border agents seize 57 mln illegal cigarette
SYDNEY, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A joint operation led by the Australian Border Force...
Customers Get Burned By Counterfeit Goods From Amazon’s Marketplace
The online shopping website Amazon.com is popular for discounted items, but it’s...
Chandigarh: 2,500 cases of liquor seized from illegal warehouse in Daria
During the operation, the department discovered multiple cartons of liquor...

