5300 LITRES OF IMFL SEIZED, DRIVER AND CLEANER OF THE TRUCK ARRESTED

5300 LITRES OF IMFL SEIZED, DRIVER AND CLEANER OF THE TRUCK ARRESTED

16-SEP-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA--------------------------At least 5300 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) packed in 597 cartoons loaded in a truck and worth about Rs. 55 lakh was seized from Kulharia Toll Plaza on Buxar-Patna main road under Koelwar police station and the driver and the cleaner of the truck were arrested in this regard. The arrested persons were identified as Nenaram son of Udaram of Odu village of Badmer district in Rajasthan and Meraram son of Dungaram of Sampa Bhagaro Karana village of the same district.

Crime Investigation Department (CID) got information that a big consignment of IMFL was being smuggled from Punjab. So a team of the CID from Patna reached Ara and with the sleuth of the Excise Department and Bhojpur police they came to the Kulharia Toll Plaza where they found a truck bearing registration number of Rajasthan was stranded near Kulharia toll Plaza on Buxar-Patna main road under Koelwar police station in Bhojpur district. The driver and the cleaner told the police team that rice was loaded on the truck but the officials found husk in the gunny bags in place of rice. When the officials removed the cover, 5300 litres of IMFL packed in 597 cartons were found. The police team seized the IMFL and the truck and also arrested the driver and the cleaner of the truck. The police also seized their Adhar Cards, Driving License, three mobiles, four SIM cards and Rs. 12000 in cash. The officials said that the IMFL was loaded from Mohali in Punjab and was to deliver to a liquor smuggler at Samastipur in Bihar but the police seized the IMFL on way to Samastipur. The drive and the cleaner had smuggled liquor earlier. The officials said that the police team is interrogating the arrested Driver and the Cleaner of the truck and was trying to know about the liquor mafia in Bihar to whom they had to deliver the IMFL.

The arrested driver and the cleaner said that they were coming from Mohali in Punjab with the IMFL and was to go to Samastipur in Bihar. They were directed to wait after crossing the Kulharia Toll Plaza for another instruction. They further said that entered Bihar through New Ganga Bridge at Bharauli via Purvanchal Express-Way in Buxar in Bihar and followed Buxar-Patna main road but the police arrested them and seized the IMFL near Kulharia Toll Plaza.