Police on Sunday night seized 850 boxes of illicit branded whisky (Representative image).
PILIBHIT: A joint team of the excise department and local police on Sunday night seized 850 boxes of illicit branded whisky worth Rs 38 lakh from a truck and a car near Dhirpur Crossing in Farrukhabad.
The seizure was a part of a drive against illicit liquor launched following the order of additional chief secretary (excise) Sanjay R Bhoosreddy in view of the forthcoming panchayat elections.
The carriers failed to produce valid documents or the transit permits of the liquor stock being transported from Himachal Pradesh, said excise inspector Sanjay Gupta.