Rs 50 lakh liquor being smuggled to Maharashtra seized in Chhattisgarh; truck driver held

MANPUR (CHHATTISGARH): (Jun 7) Police seized 800 boxes of liquor valued at Rs 50.28 lakh from a truck in Chhattisgarh's Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district when the consignment was allegedly being smuggled to neighbouring Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.

The consignment was intended to be illegally distributed in villages near the border of Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, where liquor outlets are unavailable, they said.

After the truck was intercepted on Saturday, the driver allegedly attempted to flee on seeing the police, but they chased and apprehended him, Senior Superintendent of Police YP Singh said.