Excise officials have seized over 250 bottles of liquor that had been allegedly smuggled into Leh from Delhi on an Air India constitution flight and arrested 3 people, consisting of a contractual worker of the countrywide carrier, officers stated on Wednesday.
Acting on inputs, the seizure became made on Tuesday from automobiles outdoor the airport, they stated.
“There had been 8 cartons sporting round a hundred and seventy bottles of liquor and approximately a hundred beer bottles. The cartons had Air India constitution flight’s tag on them,” a respectable stated.
A contractual worker of Air India and more people were arrested about the case, the officers stated, including that the automobiles have additionally been seized.
The excise officers have sought data from senior Air India body of workers at Leh approximately the tried smuggling, they stated.
They have additionally sought info from Air India approximately the passengers on the idea of the bags tags, the officers stated.
Describing the modus operandi, they stated that liquor bottles are offered to personal accommodations in Ladakh at better fees as there's a scarcity withinside the Union Territory.
This isn't the primary time that this type of case has come to light. A few days back, excise officers had seized 3 cartons of liquor from outdoor the airport here.
The liquor had come on some other Air India constitution flight, they stated.
An overall of six people, consisting of personnel of a restaurant, was arrested in those cases, they stated.