Ludhiana, May 31 -- The Koom Kalan police, in coordination with the excise department, seized 69 bottles of illicit liquor hidden in heaps of fodder at a residence in village Kalas Khurd on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Hoshiar Singh, has been booked under Excise Act.

Acting on a tip-off received by excise inspector Amit Goel, the joint team raided a room filled with fodder at Hoshiar Singh's residence. Upon inspection, the officials discovered that liquor bottles were concealed in cloth bags and buried deep within the fodder to evade detection.

Goel confirmed that the recovered bottles were not licensed for sale in Punjab and were suspected to have been smuggled in from other states. "The liquor was cleverly hidden to avoid pol...