UP: 800 cartons of illicit liquor seized; 1 arrested

800 cartons of illicit liquor seized in Uttar Pradesh.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 5: The police have seized 800 cartons of illicit liquor worth Rs 32 lakh here meant to be supplied at Muzaffarpur in Bihar ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, a police official said on Tuesday.

A team led by SHO O P Choudhary intercepted a truck carrying the liquor at Bidali check-post in Shamli district on Monday.

The liquor was smuggled from Haryana, SP Ajay Kumar Pandey said. Rajender Singh has been arrested in this connection, he said.

PTI