New Delhi:
An oil tanker was discovered carrying liquor in Bihar, officers stated on Wednesday. About 200 beer crates had been discovered within the Hindustan petroleum tanker and delivered to the excise police station. The Nagaland-registered tanker was seized from Muzaffarpur whereas the smugglers fled.
Officers stated the excise division had acquired a tip in regards to the liquor consignment, after which they fashioned a group to arrest the smugglers. The officers arrange a highway blockade, seeing which the smugglers turned the tanker in the direction of a nationwide freeway.
“After being chased, the driving force and the liquor dealer left the tanker on the nationwide freeway and fled,” stated Vijay Shekhar Dubey, Assistant Excise Commissioner.
The seized liquor was made in Arunachal Pradesh. The native dealer who had smuggled within the liquor is being recognized and raids are on to arrest him, the official stated, including {that a} case has been registered towards him.
The sale of liquor is banned in Bihar, as a consequence of which individuals resort to modern methods to supply alcohol. Smugglers usually provide you with new methods to move liquor – generally in ambulances and vehicles. There have been situations the place smugglers have constructed compartments inside petrol tanks to retailer liquor bottles.