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PATNA: A joint team of the excise department and the Arwal police seized a huge consignment of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs1crore from two trucks and arrested two people in this connection late on Sunday night. Acting on a tip-off, the officials intercepted two trucks on NH-139 under the Mehandia police station in Arwal district. The search of the trucks led to seizure of altogether 4,990 litres of IMFL. The trucks were heading for Saran district where the consignment was to be delivered. During interrogation, the drivers Jantar Rai and Madan Dhari Rai told police that they were assigned to take the truck from Aurangabad to Saran. However, they were not told about the consignment being transported. A senior official of the excise department said, “We are trying to gather more information about the liquor smugglers. The interrogation of the drivers will throw more light on the illicit trade thriving in the region in violation of the Bihar Prohibition and E ....