Under the ongoing campaign in the district against liquor smuggling, the police has achieved a major success. Foreign liquor worth one crore has been seized from a truck with Rajasthan number from Savaha Chowk in Sakra police station area. 988 cartons of premium brand foreign liquor were hidden under potato sacks on the 18-wheeler truck. This action has been taken by a special team formed under the leadership of Rural SP Vidya Sagar. During the raid, the police have arrested the driver of the truck. He has been identified as Chiman Chaudhary, resident of Laghu Ka Talla Kharin of Ramsar police station in Barmer district of Rajasthan. The police have also seized his mobile phone.

The liquor mafia was constantly in touch with the truck driver

Initial investigation by the police has revealed that for the New Year celebrations, the Rajasthan mafia had sent 988 cartons of foreign liquor loaded on a truck from Himachal Pradesh to Muzaffarpur and its surrounding districts for supply at high rates. The liquor mafia was constantly in contact with the truck driver. He was constantly guiding the driver through WhatsApp calls.

The truck was parked near a dhaba

The liquor-loaded truck was parked near a dhaba in Sakra police station area for the last two days after the deal with the mafia of Samastipur and Vaishali was not finalized. Meanwhile, someone gave secret information about this to SSP Rakesh Kumar. He sent a special team under the leadership of Rural SP and DSP Eastern Two to conduct a raid. The team raided near Sabaha Chowk and recovered the liquor-loaded truck. Seeing the police, the driver tried to run away, but he was chased and caught.

Fast tag is in the name of the arrested truck driver
Rural SP Vidya Sagar said that the 18 wheeler truck with Rajasthan number has been seized along with the liquor. Two fast tag numbers have been found in it. One of these fast tags is in the name of the arrested driver Chiman Chaudhary. At the same time, information is being gathered about whose name the second fast tag is in. Sakra police station in-charge Raju Pal said that the owner of the truck is being traced by contacting the DTO.