HT Correspondent
BOKAJAN, March 7:Â The police in Karbi Anglong and sleuths from the Excise department recovered cartons of beer from a pickup truck on NH 39 under Bokajan Police Station.
ON Monday morning at around 10 am the police and officials from the Excise department intercepted a pickup truck, NL-01-AC-4698 and on thorough search recovered 24 cartons of beer hidden inside sacks of potato. The truck was proceeding towards Dimapur in Nagaland which is a dry state.
Four have been arrested in this connection who were identified as Bijay Sarma (25), L Japani (24), R Sakhi (23) and Jaykishan Singh (38).
The contraband has been handed over to the Excise department officials after it has been recorded by the police. The police are interrogating the accused and an investigation is going on.