“When the members of the excise department team tried to intercept, the driver turned the vehicle towards another road. However, it was finally seized and illicit liquor recovered,” the assistant excise commissioner revealed. He said that efforts were on to ascertain the identity of the local receiver who had booked the consignment.“A case has been registered in this connection,” Dubey said, adding that raids were on to arrest the accused. The seized vehicle has been brought to the excise police station. The manufacture, sale and storage of liquor is completely banned in Bihar under the new excise and prohibition policy 2016. As a result, liquor smugglers devise novel ways to transport liquor from outside the state.Earlier, liquor was found being transported in ambulances and trucks fitted with special compartments to store liquor bottles. Fruits like watermelon was also used to smuggle liquor. Last week, state hit the headlines after the death of 37 persons in a hooch tragedy that took place in Siwan, Saran and Gopalganj districts.
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