Chandrapur: With less than a week left for polling at Chandrapur, the district police have seized large consignments of liquor being smuggled in to lure voters. Like Gadchiroli, Chandrapur has been declared a dry district, where transportation, sale, and consumption of alcohol is banned.

Confirming the seizures, superintendent of police, Chandrapur, Dr Maheshwar Reddy said, "The consignments were being smuggled into the district through rail and road routes. A car's dashboard was used to stock up liquor. Similar cavities were made in a truck driver's seat. Bottles worth R3.5 crore have been seized." Reddy added that the team has seized four country-made weapons with live cartridges and arrested a few people in this regard.