Muzaffarpur: The excise department seized 326 cartons of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a truck container near Basoli village under the jurisdiction of Bochahan police station on midnight.

Excise sleuths also seized an SUV along with the container carrying 20 cartons of the IMFL.

On Wednesday, excise superintendent Dinbandhu told The Telegraph that officials acting on a tip-off laid a trap in Milki village and seized a container truck laden with cartons in adjoining Basoli village.

The truckload of liquor was being off-loaded into a secluded part of Basoli village when the excise sleuths raided.

Some of the bootleggers who were present at the time of offloading managed to flee under the cover of darkness, said the superintendent.

The raiding team also recovered an SUV filled with 20 cartons of whisky.

The seized IMFL is valued at Rs 1.20 crore.

The cartons containing foreign liquor were supposed to be sold in different parts of north Bihar, including in Muzaffarpur, said the excise superintendent.

The excise department, along with the district police, have launched a manhunt for the local bootleggers, Anil Rai, Laxmi Rai, Bitterne Jha and Sachin Rai whose names figured during investigation for bringing illegal consignment of liquor from Haryana to Muzaffarpur and other districts of north Bihar.