50 Lakh Liquor Haul: Truck Driver Flees After Police Find Smuggled Alcohol in Husk

• Police in Samastipur, Bihar, seized a massive consignment of illegal foreign liquor worth 50 lakh rupees hidden in a truck.
• The truck, disguised with a load of husk, was stopped during a night search in the Vaini police station area.
• Approximately 4,428 bottles of five different brands of foreign liquor were recovered from beneath the husk.
• The truck driver and smuggler exploited dense fog to escape during the search operation.
• The incident follows a death and blindness caused by spurious liquor in Samastipur, prompting intensified anti-liquor mafia efforts.

Why It Matters: Bihar police seized 50 lakh worth of smuggled liquor hidden in a husk-laden truck; driver fled.