On the instruction of Indore collector Manish Singh, Assistant Excise Commissioner Indore Raj Narayan Soni has formed special teams to nab the liquor smugglers and for this the excise controller Indore Rajeev Dwivedi has deployed various teams atthe entrance and exit of Indore district border.
On Thursday night the excise team stopped an Ashok Leyland truck MP 09GH7043 at Indore Dhar road nearBetma toll barrier but the truck driver increased the speed of truck. The excise team chased the truck and was stopped after truck being surrounded by the excise team. When the truck was checked 22 boxes of foreign liquor were recovered which were hidden under the mehndi boxes.
On interrogation the truckdriver said that he brought this liquor from Jawaratown of Ratlam district.
The total cost of confiscated liquor and the truck is `7,50,000. The excise teamwhich caught the truck after the chase comprised ofADEO Depalpur Kamal Sikarwar, S I Shalini Singh and S IManohar Khare. The truck driver was sent to jail.
