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Patna: A man posing as a police sub-inspector was arrested in Patna's Agamkuan on Wednesday after officials discovered he was smuggling liquor while wearing a police uniform, officials said.
Police recovered 199 litres of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and 1105 tetra packs of liquor from his four-wheeler on which a Bihar Police sticker was pasted.
The arrested person, identified as Ravi Kishan, was in a police uniform.
According to a statement issued by Patna district administration, "Acting on a tip-off, a team of Excise Department officials intercepted a four-wheeler in the Agamkuan locality on Wednesday. The accused sitting inside the vehicle was wearing the uniform of a police SI. The driver of the vehicle was not wearing a police uniform. When asked by the officials, the accused failed to produce any identity card or official documents. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of a large cache of liquor".
The two were arrested and further investigation is on, it added.
The sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Bihar since 2016.