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BALLIA: The police in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia recovered 3,000 bottles of liquor worth Rs 18 lakh during a raid at a closed cold storage facility owned by a Samajwadi Party leader and arrested a bootlegger, officials said on Wednesday. The liquor was to be sent to Bihar, the police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) raided SP leader Manju Singh's cold storage, which is closed, in Gangapur locality of Maniyar town, superintendent of police Vipin Tada said.
A total of 3,000 bottles of Arunachal Pradesh-made liquor worth Rs 18 lakh were recovered during the raid. Liquor smuggler Sangam Yadav was arrested from the spot, he said.