As many as 1,443 quarters of illegal liquor being smuggled in the national Capital from Haryana for suspected use during the municipal corporation polls have been seized from trans-Yamuna area of Shahdara and one person arrested, police said on Monday.
“A Honda City car was stopped by policemen on picket duty near Nisaria Masjid at Seemapuri yesterday (Sunday) around 2.25 pm. During search of the vehicle, 1,443 quarters of illicit liquor being smuggled from Haryana was recovered,” said Nupur Prasad, DCP (Shahdara).
During interrogation the car driver, Tarun Singh, disclosed that the liquor was purchased in Haryana and it was to be supplied in various parts of the city, she said.
Further investigation is on, said the DCP, adding a case under Excise Act has been registered at Seemapuri police station.
The Shahdara district police had earlier also caught huge quantities of illicit liquor being smuggled from Haryana, from Vivek Vihar area.
The arrests and seizures related with smuggling of illicit liquor from the neighbouring State to the city has increased ahead of the MCD polls even as police launched a campaign to check it.