2,500 bottles of liquor seized

2,500 bottles of liquor seized

DENPASAR, Bali: Two men were arrested and 2,496 bottles of imported liquor were seized in a routine crackdown, a police officer said here on Friday.

Bali Police detective chief Col. Bambang Hendarso said police raided a warehouse on Jl. Buluh Indah belonging to a businessman identified as Ed. T. on Oct. 18.

The officers found 112 boxes containing 1,344 bottles of various liquors. The officers stopped a truck belonging to Ed. T. a few hours later and discovered 96 boxes containing 1,152 bottles of liquor, Bambang said.

The truck driver, identified as INSS, was arrested, he said.

"We found bottles of Chivas Regal, Johnny Walker, Bacardy, Smirnoff, Galiano, Seagrams Dry Gin, none of which bore revenue stamps. There are no proper documents for the possession of the liquor, so it must have been smuggled into Indonesia," Bambang said. (zen)