BANNED GOODS BEING SMUGGLED

BANNED GOODS BEING SMUGGLED

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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------On the orders of District Magistrate Tanay Sultania, the Prohibition Department is conducting continuous raids against illegal liquor in the district. In this sequence, Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition, Rajneesh, received a tip-off that a large quantity of foreign liquor was being transported from Uttar Pradesh to Bhojpur in a pickup truck. The Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition formed a team led by Inspector Anil Kumar.

He told 'Khabare Aapki' that the team inspected a Tata pickup truck near Bihiyan intersection on the Buxar-Patna four-lane (Bihiyan police station, Bhojpur). During the search, a large quantity of foreign liquor was recovered from the pickup truck, hidden under animal feed. The pickup truck bore a Uttar Pradesh registration number.

The team arrested the pickup driver, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, son of Kamlesh Kumar Gupta, a resident of Lalpur village under the Cantonment police station in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is being handed over to the court for further action. A total of 682.560 liters of liquor, packed in 3,792 pieces, was seized from the vehicle.

The market value of the seized liquor was estimated to be around ₹10 lakh. The seized liquor was being transported to Bhojpur from Uttar Pradesh. The raiding team included Inspector Anil Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector Madan Lal Yadav, Assistant Sub-Inspector Raj Kumar, as well as Prohibition constables, SAP and Home Guard personnel.