The State Government directive has made authorities to check increasing illegal trade of liquor alongside the bordering districts of Bihar as fallout of liquor ban in the adjoining state. Frequent raids as per intelligence inputs are being conducted and several check posts have also been raised to curb the menace.
“We have been conducting raids in the bordering districts including Koderma, Giridih, Sahibganj sharing their borders with Bihar. A special drive is also being conducted against the vehicles going towards Bihar,” said Excise and Prohibition Secretary Satyendra Singh. liquor worth Rs 1 crore was also recovered from Deoghar recently. The liquor was supposed to be prepared for smuggling it to Bihar, he added.
“As many as 11 truck-full of both empty and filled bottles have recently been recovered from Deoghar which was supposedly being prepared to get it smuggled to Bihar,” said the Secretary.
Officials in district administration alongside Bihar borders in Jharkhand have also been alerted where frequent raids are being conducted as and when inputs are received in this regard, added the Secretary.
“Following the information received that liquor is also being smuggled through train routes, we have alerted the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to look into the matter and take adequate steps to check the menace,” said Koderma SP Kranti Kumar Gadhdesi. Random checking for liquor made out of Mahua is also being conducted as a preventive measure to check smuggling of liquor to Bihar, said the SP.
Similarly, Giridih Police has also been fully alerted and has been conducting frequent raids in search of illegal liquor. “We have also succeeded in unearthing huge quantity of illegal liquor from Dumri, Bengabad and Deori areas of Giridih,” said Giridih DC Uma Shankar Singh.
Meanwhile, several check posts have also been set up at various strategic locations in order to check movement of illegal liquor towards the Bihar, he said.