Panchkula, Nov. 8 -- The police arrested two men on Friday and seized 27 cartons of English liquor and beer allegedly being smuggled for sale in Chandigarh. The team also impounded the Ford EcoSport used to transport the liquor.

According to the assistant commissioner of police (crime) Aman Kumar, the crime branch-3 team received a tip-off on Friday that illicit liquor had been loaded into a Ford EcoSport at the dumping ground in Sector 23, Panchkula, and was being transported towards Ramgarh.

Acting on the information, the police set up a checkpoint near the dumping ground. At around 10 pm, a Ford EcoSport approaching from the Ghaggar river bridge was signalled to stop. However, the occupants allegedly accelerated upon spotting the pol...