In a joint action on Friday, Excise department and Bhopal police have seized illegal liquor over 1,750 litres worth Rs 3.78 lakh from seven constituencies of Bhopal till November 15.
Official sources said that the teams of these departments raided 505 premises and registered 820 FIRs and arrested a 611 persons in this regard.
Besides, the officials seized 5,980 KG raw material used in making illegal liquor and four vehicles in these raids in the same period. The maximum quantity of illegal liquor was seized from Huzur constituency, which was 402 litres. But, maximum numbers of raids were conducted in Narela constituency, where 134 raids were conducted.
While maximum 184 FIR was registered in Govindpura constituency, maximum 149 persons were arrested from Narela with 2,000 kilograms of manufacturing material was seized. However, two vehicles were seized from Berasia and Narela.
On Friday during a checking point at Bhanpura Square, Cholla Mandir police while checking a Indigo car (MP-04-TA-6471) recovered 72 litres country liquor in 400 quarters worth Rs 20,000 and arrested car driver Pramod Lodhi (45) against whom a case under section 34 (2) of Excise Act was registered.
Aishbagh police seized 2.5 kilogram cannabis (ganja) worth Rs 25,000 and 70 litres illegal spirit worth Rs 20,000 and arrested four persons in separate cases and seized a Activa scooter and a bike from them on intervening night of Thursday and Friday.