Whisky worth over Rs 5 lakh seized in Greater Noida one held
Noida Dec 21 PTI The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday seized in Greater Noida whisky worth over Rs 5 lakh that was being illegally transported in a passenger bus from Haryana to Bihar and arrested one person officials saidThe double-decker bus was intercepted around 5 am on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway under the Dankaur police station limits they saidAssistant Commissioner of Police Greater Noida 3 Brajnandan Rai said A local police team was checking vehicles in Dankaur area when the bus was intercepted as it looked suspicious to the officials The bus driver did not have any proper documents and there were only five-six passengers inside the vehicle It was a double-decker sleeper bus but had a special compartment towards its rear portion in which the liquor was kept Rai told reportersAfter thorough checking 90 cartons of whisky 1080 bottles with a market value of Rs 540 lakh were recovered from the compartment the officer said adding the liquor was strictly for sale in Haryana but was being illegally transported to BiharACP Rai said a man involved in the trafficking was arrested He was identified as Upendra Singh a native of Aligarh who was currently residing in DelhiDuring the initial probe the accused told the police that he purchased liquor from Haryana at a low cost and sold it in Bihar at thrice the rate the officer saidAn FIR has been lodged in the case and further legal proceedings have been initiated the police said PTI KIS DIV DIV
Noida Dec 21 PTI The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday seized in Greater Noida whisky worth over Rs 5 lakh that was being illegally transported in a passenger bus from Haryana to Bihar and arrested one person officials saidThe double-decker bus was intercepted around 5 am on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway under the Dankaur police station limits they saidAssistant Commissioner of Police Greater Noida 3 Brajnandan Rai said A local police team was checking vehicles in Dankaur area when the bus was intercepted as it looked suspicious to the officials The bus driver did not have any proper documents and there were only five-six passengers inside the vehicle It was a double-decker sleeper bus but had a special compartment towards its rear portion in which the liquor was kept Rai told reportersAfter thorough checking 90 cartons of whisky 1080 bottles with a market value of Rs 540 lakh were recovered from the compartment the officer said adding the liquor was strictly for sale in Haryana but was being illegally transported to BiharACP Rai said a man involved in the trafficking was arrested He was identified as Upendra Singh a native of Aligarh who was currently residing in DelhiDuring the initial probe the accused told the police that he purchased liquor from Haryana at a low cost and sold it in Bihar at thrice the rate the officer saidAn FIR has been lodged in the case and further legal proceedings have been initiated the police said PTI KIS DIV DIV
