Huge amounts of cash and liquor seized in North-East ahead of elections

Guwahati, April 7, 2019:

With the Lok Sabha elections just around the bend, some of the northeastern states seem to be high on spirits while cash and alcohol seizure is increasingly becoming common in the region.

In Nagaland, the flying squads and state police officers have so far seized 62,665 liters of liquor and illegal cash of over Rs 91 lakh till Saturday since the imposition of the model code of conduct on March 12.

The law enforcement officials in Assam have so far seized an incredible 1,17,935.46 liters of liquor valued at over Rs 7 lakh. Illegal cash of over Rs 7 crore (!) has been seized by the officials between March 12 and Saturday.

In Arunachal Pradesh, the authorities have seized 70,226 bottles of beer, 28,181 bottles of liquor, over 800 bottles of wine and more than 144 bottles of country liquor.

According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Arunachal Pradesh, the total value of the seized cash and liquor is estimated to be over Rs 5 crore.

Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura, Sriram Taranikanti said that Rs 1.38 crore of illegal cash has been seized so far.