UP: Liquor worth Rs 1 crore seized, six men arrested for smuggling it to Bihar.
AGRA: A gang involved in liquor smuggling to Bihar was busted by Sadar police of Agraand seized Rs 1 crore worth liquor.
According to the police, six men were arrested with 861 carton (nearly 11,000 litres) of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) along with a pick-up truck. The nabbed men were identified as Shiv Soni, Arif, Sohail, Shyamsundar, Shahrukh and Gaurav.
Kamlesh Kumar Singh, station house officer of Sadar said, “After a long chase, the gang was nabbed near Saudagar Line. During interrogation, the gang claimed, that they smuggle liquor of various brand into Bihar from Haryana, as there is a sky rocketing demand of liquor due to ban.”
“The other gang members were arrested with smuggled liquor in Bihar, Chandauli (UP) and Agra earlier. At present, four members of the gang are absconding who were identified as Praveen Shivhare, Vinod Jadaun, Anwar and Surendra Khatik,” he added.
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