2 girls among 20 arrested in drunken state

NAWADA: At least 20 people, including two girls, were arrested on Tuesday after they were found in an inebriated condition and six liquor bottles seized from them at an integrated check post at Rajauli in Nawada district.

During routine checking of vehicles at the integrated check post, the police intercepted a luxury vehicle and found 20 people, including two girls, intoxicated with liquor, excise inspector Vinod Khalifa said.

During search, six bottles of India made foreign liquor were seized from the vehicle, he said. Khalifa refused to share names of those arrested under the stringent excise act for consumption of liquor and possession of alcohol bottles, but said all of them hailed from Nawada, Nalanda and Patna districts, besides Delhi.

The luxury vehicle too has been impounded, the excise inspector said.

Courtesy: PTI