At a time when lockdown to check the COVID-19 spread underway, police seized 1,243 litres of liquor and arrested five persons at two separate places in the district.
In the first incident, the Jankia police seized 1,108 litres of liquor and arrested four persons. They also seized two pickup vans which were carrying the liquor. The value of the seized liquor is estimated to be Rs 12 lakh.
In another such incident, the Tangi police seized 135 litres of country liquor, worth Rs 50,000, and atrested one person.