Huge amount of illicit liquor was seized by police and administration from three districts of the State on Thursday. Ranchi sub divisional officer Garima Singh, with her team, caught a van filled with illegal alcohol after getting a tip off on illicit liquor being made at Nagari area of the district. The raid was conducted at 5 am and the team managed to not just seize the van but also arrest one person, while the other managed to escape.
Meanwhile, police recovered 45 litre country liquor from Juti village under Garhwa police station on Thursday. Police also arrested two persons including woman in the connection. SDPO Om Prakash Tiwari said that acting on a tip off, a police team recovered 15 liter wine from a motorcycle and arrested one Munna Kumar who was taking the alcohol to sell in market. In another raid police recovered 30 liter country made wine from the house of Sheo Vishwakarma and arrested his wife Kunti Devi.
In another case, police seized huge amount of foreign liquor in Dumri police station area of Dumka from the house and shop of one Deepak Kumar, who was also arrested.
SDPO Kuldeep Kumar received a tip off on a huge racket of illicit liquor in Dumri Bazaar area following which a raid team was constituted. Kumar said, "The police are alert for the upcoming elections. Check posts have been set up across the district to ensure that illicit liquor does not reach market."
In another incident, Ranchi police on Thursday recovered `30 lakh cash from a Fortuner vehicle in Pithoria. Sources informed that when the police questioned the two people in the car regarding the cash they were carrying, they could not give satisfactory answers. The two were taken to the police station for further questioning. On searching the car, police found eight bundles of `2000 currency notes, 34 bundles of `500 notes, and several bundles of `200 and `100 currency notes, total amounting to `30 lakh.