On the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, the message of a drug-free society was being given across the country, while a large consignment of foreign liquor was recovered in Bihar’s capital Patna. A team of the Prohibition and Excise Department raided a house in New Etwarpur under Parsa Bazar police station area and seized 548 bottles of foreign liquor. The estimated value of the recovered liquor is said to be around Rs 2.70 lakh. One youth has been arrested during the operation. The department has also sealed the house.
The excise department team arrived on a tip-off.
The Prohibition and Excise Department had received information that a large quantity of foreign liquor was hidden in a house in New Etwarpur area. On the basis of the information, the team of the department raided the house. This action was taken under the leadership of Inspector Deepak Mahto. When the team searched the house, different brands of foreign liquor were recovered. After this, the liquor was confiscated and the house was also sealed.
Man arrested with 548 bottles of liquor
During the raid, Sonu Kumar was arrested from the spot. He is said to be a resident of Mithapur in Patna. The department has estimated the value of the seized liquor to be around Rs 2.70 lakh. After seizing the liquor, the accused was taken into custody and interrogation was started. Officials hope that during the interrogation, many important clues related to the liquor consignment can be found.
Where did the liquor come from, where was the supply to be?
Assistant Commissioner Prem Prakash said in a press conference on Friday that the house concerned has been sealed after the liquor was recovered. The arrested accused is being interrogated. The main focus of the officials is to find out from where such a huge consignment of liquor was sourced from and where it was ready to be sold.
Investigations are underway to find out who is involved in the supply network.
The excise department is now also examining the role of other people involved in the supply and sale of liquor. According to officials, further action will be taken on the basis of interrogation of the arrested accused. If the involvement of other people is revealed in the investigation, legal action will also be taken against them. The department is also trying to find out through which route the consignment of liquor reached this house in New Etwarpur.
Big seizure in liquor ban Bihar
Prohibition is in force in Bihar. Despite this, many questions have been raised after 548 bottles of foreign liquor were found in a house in New Sunday. The important point of the investigation is how such a large consignment reached there despite the prohibition. The department is now also ascertaining the people to whom the liquor was to be delivered and who were behind it.
Liquor seizure discussed on Gandhi Jayanti
Mahatma Gandhi was a proponent of a drug-free society and considered the consumption of drugs, including alcohol, as a social evil. On Gandhi Jayanti, the message of de-addiction and clean society is given across the country. On such a day, the incident of seizing such a large consignment of foreign liquor in Patna is in the news. The department has described it as part of the ongoing action against the illegal liquor trade. Let me tell you that there was a news today in which the truck loaded with liquor overturned and there was a robbery for the bottles loaded on it.
