On Wednesday, the Bilpank police station of Ratlam district seized 510 boxes of illegal liquor from a container truck passing through Nagaland (No. NL 07 AA 3565) based on informer information. The estimated cost of this liquor is Rs 67.68 lakh, while the cost of the seized container vehicle is said to be Rs 55 lakh.

According to Bilpank police station in-charge Ayyub Khan, during checking of suspicious vehicles on the Mhow-Neemuch highway in the afternoon, a container truck coming from Badnawar was stopped and searched. After illegal liquor was found in the container, the truck driver Sunil Kumar (28 years), resident of Saral district Bhiwani, Haryana was questioned. The driver was taken into custody and the truck and liquor were seized when he could not produce any valid documents for transportation.

In the preliminary investigation, the accused told that he was carrying illegal liquor from Haryana to Akola in Maharashtra. Police have registered a case under the Excise Act. Interrogation of the accused is going on to find out the source of illegal liquor and the place of delivery.

The station in-charge said that this action is part of a special campaign being run against illegal liquor smuggling. Investigation is being done to identify other people involved in the case and to trace the smuggling network.