THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, September 20: Harihurganj police in Palamu outdid a move to smuggle illicit country-made liquor to Bihar at the wee hours of Saturday.
A total of 406 bottles each of 300 ML having a fake badge of Jharkhand Excise, was concealed in a makeshift of a pick-up van having registration of Bihar government.
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Officer in charge of the Harihurganj police station Chandan Kumar and his team did a good job when the team of police identified a pick-up van trying to dodge the police by placing itself between the lorries which the police team sensed, and on checking the pick-up van, bottles of country-made liquor were found sheepishly hidden in a makeshift
Chandan Kumar said the consignment of liquor and the pickup van have been seized while the driver made good his escape.
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Harihurganj borders with Bihar where there is prohibition, and all tricks and means are adopted to smuggle illicit liquor from Jharkhand to Bihar, which the Harihurganj police abort and foil with equal alacrity.
