Liquor worth Rs 5 crore seized in Patna, nine held
PATNA: More than 50,000 litres of liquor kept in 5,000 cartons was seized by excise department officials from a godown at Marcha Marchi, located hardly 150 metres away from the Bypass police station, in Patna on Sunday night. Excise department deputy commissioner Krishna Kumar said raid was still on and more liquor bottles were being counted in the gowown.
“At present, more than 50,000 litres of liquor kept in 5,000 cartons have been seized,” said Kumar, who was there with special superintendent Kumar Amit. Kumar said this was the biggest seizure of smuggled liquor in Bihar till now after the enforcement of prohibition in April, 2016.
He said nine persons from different places in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab were arrested from the spot. Eight pickup vans and trucks bearing registration numbers of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana were seized from the gowdown, he said.
“The estimated market price of the consignment is more than Rs5 crore. Black market price is estimated to be above Rs20 crore in Bihar,” Kumar said, adding that the gowdown was being operated by liquor smugglers from UP.
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