Jalandhar, April 23 -- The Jalandhar excise department, along with the district police, arrested a smuggler along with his associate who were running the racket under the garb of a juice corner, and recovered 60 cases of illicit Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and Punjab-made liquor (PML) from their possession on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as Rajinder Kumar Bhatia alias Raju Chauhan, 52, who runs Raju juice corner at Raj Nagar near Madhuban colony in Jalandhar West.

According to officials, Raju has been in this illegal trade for the past over five years and is already facing multiple cases under the Excise Act. His associate Deepak was also arrested.

Assistant excise commissioner Navjeet Singh said that, acting on the...