Dimapur, August 24 (MExN): The Excise Mobile Squad duty party manning Dillai Check-Gate led by Asst. Inspector Ketouselie received specific information about a truck bearing registration No. AS27C 7071 with liquor was coming towards Dillai Check-gate on August 23. Giving an account of the case, K Toshiho Yeptho, Superintendent of Excise & Prohibition (MS) Dimapur said that when the truck reached the check-gate, the duty party instructed the vehicle to halt but the driver drove off. After a hot pursuit, the driver stopped the vehicle around 3rd Mile area around 9:30 pm and fled from the scene. The truck was immediately seized and liquor amounting to 200 cases was found concealed under bags of potatoes, he stated. A case under relevant sections of the NLTP Act has been registered against both the driver in absentia and the vehicle which is now confiscated along with the bags of potatoes which were used to conceal the liquor. Further investigation of the case is on, he added.
