Haryana Police on Saturday said they have seized 1,270 cartons of illicit Indian Made Foreign liquor worth Rs7 lakh from a truck and arrested one people in this connection in Panipat district. The seized liquor was being illegally transported to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
A spokesman of Police Department said that action was taken after the Crime Investigation Agency team intercepted the truck on a tip off at a blockade near Chandoli adda under the jurisdiction of Sadar Police Station, Panipat. On search, police team found illicit liquor in the truck which was being illegally transported from Punjab to district Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh.
Police had nabbed the truck driver who was identified as Parvesh, a native of Garhi Sisana in district Sonipat.A case under Excise Act and relevant sections of IPC had been registered against the accused. Further investigation is under progress.