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500 cartons of illegal liquor seized, 2 arrested

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar (UP)

Two persons were arrested after 500 cartons of illicit liquor, worth lakhs were seized in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, the police said today.

A police team intercepted the truck last night at a checkpoint near Lalu Kheri village, and seized the illicit liquor, a police official said.

The two accused -- Khushprit and Bal Kiran -- have confessed to smuggling the liquor from Haryana through the Khatima-Panipat highway, the official added.

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First Published: Mar 23 2018 | 1:30 PM IST

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