Following the closure of liquor shops for the Covid-19 lockdown, the illegal sale and black marketing of liquor has picked up in the capital city.
In an example, the Commissionerate police Ouick Action Team (QAT) and the Laxmisagar police on Saturday raided a bar ‘Rain the Bar’ in the Cuttack Road area and seized a huge quantity of foreign liquor.
An undercover policeman was sent to buy liquor. The cop struck a deal for a carton of liquor. When the bar and restaurant staffs arrived with the carton, the disguised customer signalled to the QAT and the bar was raided. Following the raid, the staffs fled the spot.
Sources said over 200 litres of liquor was seized from the spot.