Latest News | Police Seize 389 Cartons of Beer from Bihar's Kishanganj

Kishanganj, Jun 21 (PTI) A total of 389 cartons of liquor worth Rs 17 lakh have been seized from Kishanganj district in Bihar, police said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip-off that a truckload of liquor consignment was to be transported to one of the districts in north Bihar, a team headed by Bahadurganj police station SHO Suman Kumar Singh intercepted the vehicle at LRP chowk and seized the cartons containing 10,000 bottles of beer, they said.

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The truck driver has been arrested and sent to jail under the provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anwar Javed Ansari said.

The state government had on April 5, 2016, banned the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale and consumption of liquor, including IMFL.

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