Dimapur, June 3: Joint police team of Chiephobozou and Tseminyu Police Station recovered 345 bottles of Mc Rum from an abandoned car on June 3.
Police statement said, one Hyundai Santro car bearing Registration No. NL07 3210 sped away towards Tseminyu when signal to stop for routine frisking and checking of vehicles. The same information was relayed to Tseminyu counterpart who found the car abandoned half a kilometer short of Tseminyu town after the engine caught fire.
It said the driver and occupants abandoned the Hyundai Santro and fled away from the scene. On search of the vehicle, 345 bottles of Mc Rum concealed in modified compartments within the cavity of the vehicle were recovered. Case in this connection has been registered with the Chiephobozou Police Station.
Meanwhile, the details of the seized Hyundai Santro was verified from the NCRB database and ascertained that the registration No. NL07-3210 was originally allotted to a Mahindra Bolero by DTO Dimapur.