Uttar Pradesh: Two held with 'methanol'
Saharanpur, Mar 19 (UNI) Two people were arrested with a tanker filled with 'methanol' in the Sarsawa area in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
Superintendent of Police (rural) Vidyasagar Mishra said her that 25,840 litres of methanol was filled in a tanker.
The arrested driver of the vehicle Dhanji Bhai, a resident of Gujarat and conductor Kanti Bhai said that the vehicle had come from Gujarat and had to be taken to Haridwar.
The duo did not possess any documents for the methanol they were carrying.
Police and the Excise Department are of the view that this substance is converted to make illicit liquor and sold in large quantities on the occasion of Holi.
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