Police seize 2,000 bottles of IMFL at Buxar

Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Buxar : Police, on a tip off,  seized 2,000 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a Safari near Harikushunpur Rail Line under Industrial Police Station in Buxar district on September 26, 2017.

SHO, Industrial Police Station, Shiv Kumar Ram said that Buxar SP Rakesh Kumar had received  information that a big consignment of IMFL kept in a Safari bearing registration of Delhi was being smuggled into Buxar from UP. On his direction, police started vehicle checking near Harikushun Rail Line. When they saw a white Safari coming, they tried to intercept it but the driver changed the route and tried to escape. But, police chased the vehicle. Sensing trouble, the Safari driver parked the vehicle under a bridge and escaped.  The SHO said that police seized the vehicle and found 2,000 bottles of IMFL packed in 40 cartons inside it. He said that an FIR has been lodged in this connection with Industrial Police Station under the New Excise Act.