Archive · 18 Aug 2025
UP Police Seize Rs 25 Lakh Worth of Liquor, Two Arrested
Police in Uttar Pradesh found a big shipment of illegal alcohol worth a lot of money.
The alcohol was being secretly moved in a truck from Rajasthan to Bihar, where it is not allowed.
Police stopped the truck on a highway and found many boxes and pouches of liquor.
They arrested two people who were in the truck, and now they are looking for others who might be involved.
The police have filed a formal complaint regarding this illegal activity.
UP police seized illicit liquor worth Rs 25 lakh.
The liquor was allegedly being smuggled from Rajasthan to Bihar.
Police intercepted a maxi truck on the Agra-Kanpur highway.
The truck contained 103 cartons of whisky and 4,944 pouches of liquor.
Two individuals were arrested, and a case has been registered.
- Who
- UP police, truck driver Manvendra Singh, and his associate Ankit.
- What
- Illicit liquor worth Rs 25 lakh seized.
- When
- On the intervening night of August 17 and 18.
- Where
- Near Vishal Dhaba on the Agra-Kanpur highway in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The liquor was allegedly being smuggled to Bihar.
- Seizure Value
- Rs 25 lakh
- Liquor Origin
- Bharatpur, Rajasthan
- Destination
- Bihar
- Arrests
- Two
- Charges
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Excise Act
- Items Recovered
- 103 cartons of whisky, 4,944 pouches of Rajasthani liquor