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Cumulatively, 4,660.15 litre of country spirit, smuggled Cumulatively, 4,660.15 litre of country spirit, smuggledinto Bihar, was seized during the period from various places. The biggest amount of 2,451.05 litre smuggled countryliquor came from Jharkhand, followed by 1,813.73 litre fromNepal, they said. From Uttar Pradesh, 166.93 litre of illegal country spiritwas brought into Bihar from April to August. The biggestseizure of 119.55 litre of country spirit from Uttar Pradeshwas made at Gopalganj where 18 persons had died recentlybecause of suspected consumption of hooch, they said. The officials said a meeting of senior officials of theExcise departments of Bihar and Jharkhand has been called atKoderma in the neighbouring state on September 6 to checksmuggling of liquor into Bihar. PTI SNS SUSRC