AGRA: The Kasganj district police seized a big haul of illicit Indian made foreign liquor and country liquor consignment worth Rs 70 lakh which was being brought from Haryana to be distributed in villages across Etah & Kasganj.
In a raid conducted by police on intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, one truck was seized ferrying more than 1100 cartons of liquor. However, no one was arrested as accused managed to flee.
Speaking to TOI, superintendent of police for Kasganj Himanshu Kumar said, “At around 11:30pm, we received an anonymous input regarding several mini trucks queuing up in remote area of Pachaita and Nizampur for illegal liquor consignment.”
“When we reached the spot along with additional police force, we found nearly 100 cartons of liquor bottles lying in open field. Further, when our police team patrolled nearby area, we found an abandoned truck in which liquor worth over Rs 60 lakh was kept,” he said.
He added further, “The truck was registered to Jind district of Haryana and the liquor bottles were coming from Chandigarh. We have filed an FIR against the owner of the truck.”
Police has registered a case against the driver, owner of the truck and other unknown persons under relevant IPC sections.
The police is now preparing to hand over the liquor consignment to excise department to further levy charges against accused and destroy the liquor.
As per Kasganj police, “In last three months, illegal liquor with net worth of Rs 1 crore have been seized and destroyed.”
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