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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.