Hanumanganj police have nabbed one person involved in illegally selling country-made liquor near Ramson hotel and recovered illegally transported 300 bottles of county-made liquor worth Rs 15,000 late in the night on Tuesday.
According to the police, acting of a tip one person was detained late in the night and when he was searched five cartons were recovered from their possession. The accused was identified as Sawar alias Sohail (28) of Gandhi Nagar.
During the investigation police found that the accused was carrying liquor and failed to produce license regarding the liquor and was nabbed. The source from which the accused had obtained liquor and where it was scheduled to be delivered would be investigated.
Based on the information of illegal transport of liquor, when the police started to search for the miscreants of the provided description the accused tried to escape the spot but the police personnel spotted and nabbed the accused.
A case under section 34 (2) of the Excise Act was registered and further investigation has been started. Meanwhile a 29-year-old man was nabbed by Gunga police and recovered 70 bottles of country made liquor worth Rs 3,000 on Tuesday. Acting on a tip off a man was nabbed and when he was searched country made liquor was recovered from his possession. The nabbed was asked regarding liquor but he failed to provide details and was nabbed. The accused was identified as Hari Singh Kushwaha of village Dhammara.