Excise dept recovers illicit liquor worth nearly Rs 5 lakh in Delhi's Ashok Nagar

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) The Delhi government's Excise department on Wednesday recovered illicit liquor worth around Rs 5 lakh from the possession of a person in Ashok Nagar area, officials said.

The enforcement team of the department conducted a raid at ground floor of a building in Ashok Nagar and recovered 220 bottles of mostly foreign liquor, an excise department officer said.

The process of arrest and registration of a FIR is underway, the officer said.

The illicit liquor was meant to be sold in Haryana only and was illegally brought to Delhi for sale, he said. PTI VIT VIT NB NB