Panchkula, March 25 -- Officials from the Crime Branch, Sector 26, arrested a Ramgarh village resident on Sunday for smuggling 840 bottles of illicit liquor.

Police seized 70 boxes containing the illicit liquor bottles from the accused, identified as Manish, 30.According to police, Manish was operating on a smuggling route, purchasing liquor in Chandigarh and then distributing it in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

SI Mandeep Dhanda, in-charge of the Crime Branch, stated that they had received specific intelligence about liquor being smuggled in a Mahindra Bolero vehicle, which was en route to Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, and expected to enter Panchkula from Chandigarh. The officers established a checkpoint at the Mansa Devi C...