NOIDA: The police and excise department on Saturday arrested three persons for trying to illegally transport liquor from Delhi to Noida. Cops also seized two cartons of whisky and the SUV the men — Ricky Kumar, Rajan Giri and Ajit Singh — were travelling in.
An apparent discount rush to liquor stores in Delhi and complaints of revenue loss on this side of the border have prompted the state excise department and police to step up a vigil near the entry points of Noida and Ghaziabad to enforce the one-bottle rule recently. Posters advising against carrying liquor from other states into UP have also been put up near the borders to deter discount hunters.
