Jaipur, Apr 23 (PTI) Two smugglers were arrested and a truck loaded with illicit liquor worth Rs 1 crore was seized in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, police said on Wednesday.

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Hanumangarh SP Arshad Ali said Ashok Kumar Vishnoi (28) and Omprakash Vishnoi (25), both residents of Jalore, were arrested after a truck with Gujarat number plate and a car escorting it were stopped and searched on Bharatmala Road.

A total of 546 boxes of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) manufactured in Punjab were found hidden during the search of the truck, he said.

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The liquor was being smuggled from Punjab to Gujarat. The truck, car escorting it and the illegal liquor have been seized, the police said.

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