Garhwa police seized a large quantity of foreign liquor from a container truck near Siriya Tongar village in Banshidhar Nagar, on Thursday. Three people were also arrested.
Garhwa Superintendent of Police, Deepak Kumar Pandey, received a tip-off about a container truck carrying illegal foreign liquor heading to Bihar and Jharkhand from Ludhiana, Punjab, via Windmanganj (Uttar Pradesh) and Nagar Untari. He instructed a rapid response team, led by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer from Banshidhar Nagar, to conduct a raid.
The team stopped the truck with registration number UP-21-ET-0940 near the entrance of Nagar Untari police station and in the Siriya Tongar area. The police officers halted the truck and questioned the driver about what was inside. The driver claimed he was transporting electronic goods and provided the necessary paperwork.
However, when asked to open the container, the driver admitted it was filled with foreign liquor. Two individuals, who were following the truck in a car to avoid police and sales tax officials, were also arrested.
The arrested individuals are Ganpat Lal, 35, from Gram Padardeih in Barmer district, Rajasthan; Pintu Saini, 39, from Manoharnagar, Gurgaon; and Amit Kumar, 41, also from Manoharnagar, Gurgaon.
The truck was found to carry a significant amount of foreign liquor, including 5,100 bottles of McDowell's (750ml), 9,120 bottles of McDowell's (180ml), 2,160 bottles of White Blue (180ml), and 1,200 bottles of Budweiser Magnum (500ml), along with the vehicle itself.