Five women involved in manufacturing illegal liquor were nabbed from Suraj Nagar and Rasuliya Ratibad area on Tuesday. Around 1200 kg of raw material, 10 lt of liquor and 50 bottles of country-made liquor were seized in the raids conducted by the excise department on Tuesday.
Assistant District Excise Officer SS Dangi told that after receiving information of illegal manufacturing of liquor teams were made and acting swiftly raids were conducted in the wee hours on Tuesday.
In Suraj Nagar, when house of Sita Devi was raided illegal manufacturing of liquor was found. Raw material in heavy quantity was recovered.
Dangi said that the woman nabbed has been booked around 3-4 times earlier for her involvement in illegal liquor business and this time also she has been booked under the same case. During the raids at Rasuliya Ratibad around 12 different places were raided in which four women were caught preparing liquor.
Few others who were found at the manufacturing sites managed to escape and police have started searching for them. The nabbed accused would be questioned regarding the supply and demand network of the illegal liquor.
Quantity of raw materials recovered during the raids is huge and suggests that the accused are involved in the business for long and supply huge quantities of liquor.
A case under section 5 and 19 of Abkari Act has been registered against the nabbed miscreants. The arrest of the nabbed miscreants has yet to be done and it would be done on Wednesday told excise officials.