1,200 boxes of liquor seized in Yamuanagar

Tribune News Service

Yamuanagar, May 11

The police seized 1,200 boxes of country liquor and produced a liquor contractor, Sushil Kumar, alias Tinku Kamboj, here in a local court after arresting him on Monday. “The liquor contractor was granted bail by the court,” said police spokesperson Chamkaur Singh.

According to information, a few liquor shops were reportedly closed on Monday to lodge protest against the arrest of the liquor contractor. A team of CIA-II of Yamunanagar police had seized 1,200 boxes of country liquor, which was allegedly being unloaded from a truck in a godown in Yamunanagar on Saturday.

Singh said CIA-II in charge Mehroof Ali formed him that a team, which conducted a raid at the godown in Yamunanagar, seized 1,200 boxes of country liquor. The contractor managed to flee the spot and a case under Section 61/A/1/14 of the Excise Act was registered.