BHABUA, Dec. 22 -- Kaimur police seized 3,000 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from the Ramgarh police station area late on Sunday evening. Officials said the seized liquor had been stolen from a government-run outlet in Uttar Pradesh.

The IMFL, worth around Rs.30 lakh, was stolen from a UP government outlet at Talaspur market under the Kandawa police station area in Chandauli district around midnight on Saturday. The shop owner lodged an FIR with the local police station on Sunday, officials said.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Hari Mohan Shukla said the UP police received a tip-off that the stolen liquor was being smuggled into the Ramgarh area of bordering Bihar and sought assistance from Kaimur police. Acting on the inform...