Ludhiana: Police seized 580 cartons of illicit liquor from a truck on Thursday night. The cops said that the truck driver, identified as Ranvir Singh of Mundian Khurd, was supposed to deliver the liquor consignment to Mohali.
Sub-inspector Bibalpal Kaur, in-charge at Kitchlu Nagar police post, said the police team was near circuit house when they stopped the truck for checking.
On frisking, they found a huge quantity of liquor in the truck. When questioned, the truck driver said that he was going to Mohali to deliver liquor cartons however, he failed to produce any relevant documents. Thereafter, the police seized the truck and the liquor. The cops are questioning the accused to know about others involved in the smuggling of illicit liquor.
A case under the Excise Act was lodged at PAU police station, the cop added.
