Mokokchung police seized a large consignment of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) concealed in a truck during a routine checking at New Camp area in Mokokchung in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to police sources, the vehicle, a Tata truck bearing registration number AS-03-AC-4175, was intercepted at around 1 a.m. on August 26 on suspicion of carrying illicit liquor.

The vehicle and its driver were subsequently taken to Police Station-II, Mokokchung, where a search led to the recovery of 1,620 bottles of 750-ml McDowell rum and 10 cases of 180-ml McDowell rum.

The liquor was allegedly concealed beneath 180 bags of UltraTech cement in a hidden/false compartment constructed inside the vehicle.

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The driver, identified as Prasanta Borah (33), son of Topah Borah, resident of Fulonibari Chakimukh, under Nazira police station in Sivasagar district, Assam, was arrested under a proper arrest memo.

The recovered IMFL was seized under a proper seizure memo at the police station after observing the required legal procedures.

Police said the case has been taken up for investigation.