Country made liquor worth 28L, 35K kg raw material destroyed

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In a joint effort district police and excise department destroyed and dumped 35,000 kg of raw material and 1,800 litres county raw country made liquor worth Rs 28 lakh from over Tarawali Kanjar Dera, accused escaped in forest area.

The special campaign to curb illegally manufacturing of liquor in the region continued and under which teams were formed and raided several places and recovered raw material and country made liquor which was destroyed by the teams.

The police have registered a case under section 34(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act 1915 and started further investigation.

During the raid conducted police and Excise Department team jointly taking action in Tarawali Kanjar Dera and nearby areas.

The  police would take action under NSA against the absconding accused.

Meanwhile, the Bhopal Crime Branch nabbed two miscreants who were engaged in transportation of liquor illegally in car and recovered 130 liters of country made liquor worth Rs 4.75 lakh from their possession near Khajuri on Friday.

Police said that after receiving tip off regarding miscreants using car involved in transporting liquor illegally crime branch team reached the spot and seized the car and liquor. The three miscreants were in a car bearing registration number MP 04 CD 2395.

Nabbed accused were identified as Ramswaroop Meena (40) and Kumer Meena (30) who were carrying liquor illegally.

The accused used old car to evade suspicion as police could not be misled. Police have registered a case under section 34(2) of the Excise Act was registered and further investigation has been started.

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