Ghaziabad, Jun 27 (PTI) Police Thursday seized a truck ferrying 955 cartons of liquor worth over Rs 34 lakh in the city, officials said.

The city police has launched operation 'Narcos' to check the trade of smuggled liquor and drugs, Superintendent of Police (rural) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said.

On a tip-off, police intercepted the truck on the peripheral expressway near Dasna toll plaza but the bootleggers managed to flee the spot, he said.

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