AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN): Illegal means of liquors and drugs are being stored for Durga puja nights’ sale and in this illegal business few are caught by police and other dept’s officials across the state. Today in such a successful drive excise dept has seized a vehicle full of liquor stocks, worthing over lakhs. Excise dept official said, via secret sources they were informed that a vehicle carrying huge numbers of illegal stocks travelling towards Mohanpur. Accordingly 3 points were selected for checking and catching the accuse. One was at the Nehru Park line traffic point and next two points were towards Salbagan. In the first point, the officials successfully seized the vehicle but the driver managed to escape along with his assistant. However, the vehicle has been seized with various types of liquors. While escaping, the officials tried to catch him but the driver hit one of them with liquor bottle and left him minor injured.

Statewide illegal carriage of liquors are going on keeping the Durga puja ahead.

Huge amounts of illegal liquors were seized from Kanchanpur on Thursday.The vehicle bearing number TR 05 B 1536 came in Kanchanur from Dharmanagar.

Local people at first nabbed the driver along with vehicle at the Dasda-Kambal Tilla and called police. Police seized 1600 bottles from the vehicle.Show-cause notice has been issued to 2 SPO Jawans for negligence in checking while in duty at the gate.

Driver Jaladhar Chama was arrested and the owner of the alcohols Pinaki Nath was booked by police.