Coimbatore: Flying squad officials have seized liquor bottles worth Rs 56 lakh and the container truck that was transporting the same during a vehicle check near a private college on Palakkad main road on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.
An official said the liquor bottles were being transported to Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala from Karnataka. “As the vehicle driver failed to produce any supporting documents, both the bottles and the vehicle were seized and handed over to the returning officer of Kinathukadavu constituency.”
Flying squad officials also seized Rs82,000 from an individual during a vehicle check on Kangeyam Road in Tirupur district on the day. According to sources, they seized the amount as the car driver did not have any valid documents to prove the source of amount. TNN