45 cartons of illegal liquor, drugs seized

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 22 : Forty-five cartons of illegal liquor and 62 kgs of drugs were seized by a team of excise department with the help of local police from a hotel in Malira village here.

According to District Excise Officer Karunendra Singh, a raid was conducted last evening at the hotel owned by one Praveen.

A maruti 800 was also recovered from the hotel. A case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Excise Act has been registered against Praveen and another person, who are absconding, he said.

PTI