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Illegal liquor seized at Sootea

Acting on a tip off, a team of Sootea police headed by Shyamal Jyoti Saikia, officer-in-charge of Sootea PS recovered 690 cartons of Arunachal Pradesh-made liquor

Sentinel Digital Desk

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JAMUGURIHAT: Acting on a tip off, a team of Sootea police headed by Shyamal Jyoti Saikia, officer-in-charge of Sootea PS recovered 690 cartons of Arunachal Pradesh-made liquor form a cement-ladden truck bearing registration number NL 07 A 6999 in the wee hours on Saturday. Based a secret information, a team of Sootea police stopped the truck at Sootea and conducted a search in the truck. Surprisingly, 690 cartons of Arunachal Pradesh-made liquor were kept in the middle of the cement bags. Sootea police seized the truck and 690 cartons of liquor. Biswanath SP Navin Singh who reached the site along with DSP Jayanta Barua interrogated the apprehended truck driver. The truck was bound for Manipur, informed SP Singh. Addressing the media, SP Singh said that the liquor smugglers have adopted innovative techniques of smuggling. The market value of the seized liquor would be worth of Rs thirty lakhs, the SP said.

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