Rs 1.27 cr worth illicit liquor, drugs & cash seized

LUCKNOW: Law enforcement agencies, including police, excise, income tax, narcotics department, and others, seized a total of Rs 1.27 crore worth of liquor, drugs, and cash from different districts across the state a day before the second phase of polling on Thursday (April 25) while adhering strictly to the directives of the Election Commission regarding it, said a state government spokesperson here on Friday.

He said a total of Rs 322.81 crore worth of liquor, drugs, precious metals, and cash, among other items, have been seized since March 1 till date.

The Chief Electoral Officer of the state, Navdeep Rinwa said that the excise, income tax, police, narcotics department, and other enforcement agencies in the state are taking continuous actions.

In this regard, on Thursday, liquor, drugs, and cash worth Rs 1.27 crore were seized. This includes Rs 13.93 lakh in cash; 18,628.60 litres of illicit liquor valued at Rs 49.95 lakh; 193.3 kilograms of drugs valued at Rs 63.62 lakh, and other materials valued at Rs 0.01 lakh. In a major seizure on Thursday, 1.52 kilograms of drug worth Rs 38 lakh was seized in the Marihan assembly constituency of Mirzapur district.

The spokesperson further mentioned that total of Rs 322.81 crore worth of liquor, drugs, precious metals, and cash have been seized since March 1 (Rs 31.81 crore in cash, Rs 44.35 crore worth of liquor, Rs 213 crore worth of drugs, Rs 21.61 crore worth of precious metals, and Rs 11.56 crore worth of other materials).

The Model Code of Conduct has been effectively implemented throughout the state to conduct free, fair, peaceful, fearless, and inclusive elections in the entire state since the announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission on March 16.