Passengers traveling on the Lucknow-Barauni Express experienced discomfort due to poor AC cooling, leading to a surprising discovery. Railway technicians found 316 whisky bottles hidden in the AC duct of an AC-2 tier coach. A coach attendant was arrested for smuggling the liquor into Bihar, where prohibition laws have created a lucrative black market, concealing the bottles to avoid detection.
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