During a check in a vehicle at the check post in Keyevi B area in Dimapur of Nagaland, the Jalukie Battalion of the Assam Rifles was able to recover and seize a huge cache of illegal Indian Made Foreign Liquors (IMFLs).
The Assam Rifles in a post on its Twitter handle on Saturday stated, “During the search of a suspected vehicle at a vehicle check post in area Keyevi B, Nagaland, Jalukie Battalion of Assam Rifles recovered Indian Made Foreign Liquor worth Rs 2 lakh.”
Through post, the Assam Rifles also informed that the recovered items were handed over to Jalukie Police Station in Dimapur.
It may be mentioned that the Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) seized a huge quantity of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a vehicle bearing registration of Uttar Pradesh in Nagaland’s Zunheboto district on October 20, 2017.
According to media reports, based on specific input, a troop of five Assam Rifles conducted an operation in Natha Zhimomi area and seized the huge quantity of IMFL from the vehicle.
“The troop established a Mobile Vehicle Check Post at the area and intercepted a Scorpio Mahindra bearing registration number UP-16- J-5522 carrying liquor,” PRO, HQ IGAR (North), Assam Rifles had said.
In connection with the case, the security personnel also nabbed a person identified as Vitoka Yeptho and recovered 384 bottles of MC Dowell’s Rum and 72 bottles of Beer Kingfisher from his possession.
Later, the nabbed person along with recovered liquor was handed over to Zunheboto Police Station for further investigation.