India, April 27 -- The Excise Department and Greater Noida police in a joint operation confiscated Haryana-mark liquor worth Rs.35 lakh from a truck while being transported to Manipur via Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.

Police have registered a case under sections of the Excise Act at the Knowledge Park police station.

The Excise Department said that the recovery followed a tip-off about a truck laden with illegal Haryana-mark liquor being en route to Manipur from Haryana. The excise team, with the help of local police, stopped the truck for checking near Sharda roundabout in Greater Noida.

"We seized 237 boxes of 750 ml, 375 ml, and 180 ml of Haryana-mark liquor from a truck in Greater Noida on Saturday night," said Subodh Sh...