In a significant incident highlighting new methods of liquor smuggling in prohibition-bound Bihar, police in Kuchaikote, Gopalganj, have seized a large consignment of English liquor from an ambulance. The vehicle was operating with a blue light and siren, seemingly to evade suspicion. The driver has been arrested.

Kuchaikote police received a tip-off that an ambulance carrying a substantial quantity of liquor was en route from Uttar Pradesh to Begusarai via NH-27. Acting on this intelligence, police initiated an intensive vehicle check near Paharpur petrol pump. During the inspection, an ambulance with a blue light flashing and siren blaring was intercepted. A thorough search revealed 509.700 liters of English liquor cleverly concealed in various compartments of the ambulance.

The police immediately seized the ambulance and arrested the driver, identified as Biku Kumar, a resident of Veerpur village under Veerpur police station in Begusarai district. During initial interrogation, the driver confessed that the liquor consignment was being transported from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh to Begusarai.

An FIR has been lodged against the arrested driver under the Excise Act, and he has been presented before the court. The police are now actively investigating the backward and forward linkages of this liquor smuggling network. Efforts are underway to ascertain who sent the liquor and to whom it was intended to be delivered in Begusarai. The police are also working to identify other individuals involved in this network.