Jaipur, Dec 29

Two men were arrested with illicit liquor with an estimated value of 45-50 lakh rupees in Udaipur district, police said Wednesday.

The liquor was seized when it was allegedly being smuggled to Gujarat for a New Year party, they said.

Udaipur Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar said 853 boxes of Rajasthan-made illicit liquor were recovered from a truck bearing Gujarat registration number during a patrol check under Kherwada police station area.

The arrested two were identified as Shravan Kumar and Kishan Singh and a case has been registered against them under sections of Excise Act, he said.