Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 12: A unique modus operandi being used to smuggle liquor from Punjab to Jammu under the trucks loaded with vegetables was today foiled at Lakhanpur by the alert staff of Toll Post Lakhanpur.
The liquor had been loaded under the truck of vegetables bearing No. 7288 HR37.
During checking and weighing of vegetables, the Excise staff became alert and subjected to truck to frisking. It was detected and 3806 bottles of IMFL had been concealed under the boxes of vegetables.
The Excise Department seized the liquor. Driver of the truck identified as Balwinder Singh son of Ajmanger Singh R/o village Douan, Mohali in Chandigarh and his associate Amit Singh son of Sher Singh of the same village were subjected to questioning during which they revealed that they were smuggling liquor for the purpose of huge benefits as rates of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir were very high as compared to Punjab.
The Excise team, which made the seizure, was led by Deputy Excise Commissioner, Toll Post Lakhanpur Dr Mushtaq Ahmed along with Excise and Taxation Officers PS Chib, Sohan Lal, Alyas Khan, Gurmohan Singh and GL Sharma, Inspectors Rohit Sharma, Anil Chandan, Ashok Khajuria and Sanjeev Khajuria and Excise Guards Tilak Raj and Romesh Kumar. SHO Lakhanpur Inspector Chanchal Singh supervised the Excise team.
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