Bihar Alcohol News: Complete prohibition is in force in Bihar. Trading or consumption of liquor is completely prohibited. Here, new year 2024 (New Year 2024) Preparations for the celebration have begun in full swing. People who secretly consume liquor in New Year parties are on the radar of liquor traders. Large consignments of liquor are being sent to Bihar from other states. Every day such consignments are being recovered by the police in the districts. Keeping in mind the New Year celebrations, the police is also alert and is taking swift action. Police is intercepting the consignments of liquor being sent from outside. Consignments worth crores of rupees have been seized.
Truck carrying liquor worth crores seized in Motihari
Motihari Police has seized three trucks loaded with foreign liquor in Chakia and Dumariyaghat. In this police action, five smugglers, who are residents of different states, have also been caught. The value of the liquor seized along with three trucks is said to be around Rs 1.5 crore. SP Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that information was received on Saturday night that a large consignment of liquor was going to go via Chakia and Dumariyaghat. After information received from Prohibition Department, Patna, an intensive vehicle checking campaign was conducted in Chakia and Dumariyaghat under the leadership of Chakia DSP Satyendra Kumar Singh. During this time, three smugglers were caught along with two trucks loaded with liquor in Chakia. 300 cartons of liquor were recovered from both the trucks. At the same time, 294 cartons of foreign liquor were recovered from a truck loaded with potatoes in Dumariaghat. About 5400 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from the three trucks at both the places. He told that the liquor was ordered for the New Year. Apart from Gopalganj, among these smugglers, there are smugglers from UP and Haryana. Four mobile phones have also been recovered from the arrested smugglers. The call details of his mobile are being scrutinized. On the basis of mobile call details, efforts will be made to reach the big liquor businessmen.
Liquor consignment seized in Gopalganj
Here, in Gopalganj, the police have recovered liquor worth lakhs which was brought from UP to be spent in the New Year celebrations. The police of Mirganj police station got this success during the vehicle check. A smuggler has also been arrested. Police seized the Bolero and recovered 101 cartoons of foreign liquor kept in it. Let us tell you that recently a consignment of liquor worth crores of rupees sent from Punjab to Patna was seized by the police of Digha police station. Many policemen were accused of stealing liquor from this consignment. Many such cases have been found recently in other districts including Patna.
Large consignment of liquor seized in Bhagalpur
To celebrate New Year, the police is continuously conducting raids to crack down on liquor smuggling in Bhagalpur district. Lodipur police got success in liquor smuggling case on Sunday morning. On the basis of secret information, the police laid a blockade in front of the police station and recovered the consignment of liquor which was being brought to Bhagalpur by loading it on a new pickup truck. In this case, the police have arrested two liquor smugglers resident of Godda. It has been told by the police that on Sunday morning they had received secret information that a consignment of liquor was being brought to Bhagalpur from Godda. The police set up a blockade in front of the police station itself. Seeing the blockade, the driver of a new pickup vehicle without number plate coming from Goradih started turning his vehicle. On this, the police chased and surrounded the pickup and arrested two people traveling on it. During the investigation of the vehicle, dozens of foreign liquor bottles kept on it, totaling 26.625 liters were seized. Let us tell you that such consignments are being caught continuously in Bhagalpur.
Smuggler caught with truck loaded with 6000 liters of English liquor in Buxar
On Thursday, a container truck was cordoned off on the highway near Gopaldera in Buxar, in which a huge quantity of English liquor was recovered. The police have arrested the driver and the assistant along with the liquor consignment. SDPO Afaq Akhtar Ansari said that secret information about carrying huge quantity of liquor was received from Patna CID team. On the basis of this, investigation of vehicles started. Veer Kunwar Singh had easily brought the liquor consignment from Punjab through Naya Pul. The excise department could not even catch the vehicle loaded with liquor.
Vehicle and driver of Rajasthan arrested
Let us tell you that the vehicle easily passed the toll plaza by dodging the excise department. SDPO said that during investigation the driver told that there was chaff in it. When asked for the documents, Basmati rice was mentioned in it. On suspicion, when the vehicle was examined, a large quantity of foreign liquor was found. SDPO said that the price of liquor is being estimated in crores. SDPO said that 6,000 liters of liquor was recovered in 745 boxes of English liquor in the container. Rajasthan’s number was on the container. Police arrested the driver Hemraj Ram and Yashraj Ram, residents of Rajasthan, Barmer district.
Consignment of liquor being sent from Punjab to Samastipur recovered
On Tuesday night, the police seized a huge quantity of foreign liquor from a truck parked near a line hotel of Rewa Ghat on NH-722 Rewa Road in Saraiya police station area of Samastipur, its value is estimated to be around Rs 50 lakh. The truck driver, co-owner and sub-driver were also arrested. To trick the truck driver police, four hundred boxes of English liquor of different sizes were kept among 400 bags of potatoes, which were being brought from Punjab to Samastipur. It is said that the liquor was sent for the New Year celebrations. was going.