PATNA: Liquor smugglers have not even spared schools in the state for carrying out a flourishing trade. This is evident from the seizure of 450 litres of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) from the room of a private school building at Padui village under the Goroul police station area in Vaishali district.
Acting on a tip off, a police team carried out a raid at the school and seized the consignment which was about to be delivered to a bootlegger operating in the area. However, those involved in the trade managed to escape from the spot.
“The room has been sealed and raids are on to arrest the liquor smugglers,” Goroul police station SHO Anil Kumar said.
An investigating officer told this newspaper that the school was shut due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Taking advantage of the situation, the liquor traders stocked the consignment in a room and delivered it to small traders.
Vaishali district has emerged as a nerve centre of liquor smuggling.