Liquor seized from truck with FCI marking escorted by CRPF

Dimapur, July 21 (MExN): 300 cases of assorted liquor were seized from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) truck at New Field Excise Dimapur Check Gate, an excise official informed today.   The Superintendent of Excise Dimapur, C. Sangtam informed in a press note that the truck, bearing registration No. NL-02-L-7884 with the marking 22 FCI pasted on the windshield, was in a convoy escorted by the CRPF.  

When signaled to stop at the check gate by an excise party manning the gate lead by Bauloi Phom IE, the convoy sped away but the truck was intercepted near Tragopan Hotel junction after a short chase, it said.   The liquors were placed on top of the FCI rice bags and the driver of the truck was arrested and charged under a relevant section of the law, it added.