Archive · 14 Jan 2026
Bihar's Booze Smugglers Use Creative Methods
In Bihar, where selling alcohol is not allowed, people are finding very clever ways to bring in liquor.
They use horses to carry liquor quietly along rivers, hide it in train engines, and even put it inside fake medicine boxes or burqas.
Police have found liquor hidden in many unusual places like school vans, ambulances, and even coffins.
Despite strict rules, smugglers keep finding new tricks to bring liquor into Bihar.
The police catch a lot of liquor every day, but the smugglers are very creative and keep trying new methods.
Smugglers in Bihar use horses to carry liquor along riverine routes to avoid road checks.
Liquor has been found hidden in various unusual places, including train engines, school vans, and coffins.
In one incident, 927 litres of liquor were hidden inside cartons of jaggery during the Makar Sankranti festival.
Police seized 51 bottles of whiskey hidden in the engine room of a passenger train at Buxar Railway Station.
Bihar has seized close to three crore litres of liquor since prohibition was enforced in 2016, with daily seizures averaging around 10,000 litres.
- Who
- Bihar's liquor smugglers
- What
- Creative methods used to smuggle liquor into Bihar
- When
- Ongoing since prohibition in 2016, recent incidents in 2025
- Where
- Bihar, India
- Why
- To bypass prohibition laws and enforcement agencies
- Location
- Bihar, India
- Liquor Seized (Bettiah)
- 29 litres
- Liquor Seized (Gopalganj)
- 927 litres
- Liquor Seized (Buxar)
- 51 bottles
- Annual Liquor Seizures (2025)
- 36.39 lakh litres
- Total Liquor Seized Since Prohibition
- 3 crore litres
- Daily Average Liquor Seizures
- 10,000 litres