JHANSI: In a joint operation, STF (Lucknow) and Jhansi police seized 2,481 cartons of Indian-madeforeign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs one crore from a godown on Saturday. Five persons, accused of operating inter-state liquor racket, have been arrested.
SP (City) Vivek Tripathi said that the joint team which had been working for the past few days to unearth the liquor racket finally raided a godown on Kanpur-Gwalior bypass on Saturday where the liquor used to be stocked. Apart from this, police have also confiscated a truck used for transporting the stock, two motorcycles, 7 mobile phones, Rs 6,850 cash, two ATM cards and two forged number plates.
The accused have been identified as Paramjeet Singh, Harpal Singh, both from Haryana and Kripa Shankar Nishad, Manoj Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav from Pratapgarh.
The liquor, after being directly procured from the distilleries in Haryana, was sold in states like Arunachal Pradesh which has lesser tax rates.
