Excise officials on Tuesday seized over 500 kilograms of liquor-making material and 40 litres of country liquor during coordinated raids at three places on the outskirts of Bhopal.
The operations took place in Shantinagar, Padariya and Haripura, where teams found containers filled with mahua lahan, a fermented ingredient used in local liquor. Around 32 containers were emptied and destroyed on the spot.
In Shantinagar, about 12 kilometres from the state capital, 15 litres of illicit liquor was seized from the home of Lakhan Banjara, according to Excise Controller RG Bhadoria.
At Padariya, a woman’s house was found storing 25 litres of country liquor in plastic containers. She fled as soon as the officials arrived. Liquor and materials worth Rs 1.25 lakh were seized from her premises.
A case has been registered under Sections 34(1)(a) and 34(1)(ch) of the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915. Excise Circle In-charge Seema Kashisia supervised the entire operation.