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Katihar, 02 September. Katihar prohibition team has taken major action in the case of liquor smuggling on Monday. The team has recovered 1064.400 liters of illegal liquor from a pinked up vehicle number- BR11G C2290 during a raid near Jaunia village under Pranpur police station area. In this case, the driver Bambam Kumar has been arrested, while another accused Tuntun Yadav managed to escape. The arrested driver Bambam Kumar (23 years), son of Bindeshwari Chaudhary, is a resident of ward number seven of Mansahi police station area.
In this context, prohibition superintendent Subhash Kumar Singh said that the prohibition department had received secret information that a white pick-up vehicle is coming from Bengal towards Katihar. It is carrying a large quantity of smuggled liquor. Based on the information, a team of Shashikant Singh and subordinate prohibition constable Bindu Kumari and home guard armed force was formed under the leadership of prohibition sub-inspector Sanjay Kumar Singh. Based on the information, vehicle checking was started at Jaunian place. During this, a pink up vehicle coming from Bengal was stopped, from which a person started running away, but the driver Bambam Kumar was caught.
During the search, 420 liters of beer and 844.400 liters of foreign liquor were recovered from the vehicle. The driver told that he was taking this liquor from Kalichowk (Malda) in Bengal to Purnia.
The prohibition team arrested the driver Bambam Kumar and confiscated the liquor, a pickup vehicle and a mobile phone. Despite the total prohibition of liquor in Bihar, this is a major action in the case of liquor smuggling.
Further action is being taken by registering a case against the arrested accused Bambam Kumar and others under appropriate sections of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. This action of the prohibition team has created panic among the liquor smugglers.
In this case, the officials of the prohibition team said that continuous action is being taken in the case of alcohol smuggling. He said that despite the complete prohibition of alcohol in Bihar, cases of alcohol smuggling are coming to the fore, but the prohibition team is taking strict action in such cases.
