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500 boxes of illegal liquor seized

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Press Trust of India Barnala
Police today claimed to have seized 500 boxes of illegal country-made liquor and arrested one person in this regard.

The accused was identified as Satti Kumar of Handiaya village, police said.

The accused, who was a liquor contractor last year, failed to get a contract this year and engaged in selling liquor illegally, police said.

A case has been registered under the Excise Act, Sanehdeep Sharma, SSP Barnala said.

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First Published: May 31 2013 | 4:21 PM IST

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