The district excise team recovered around 10,000 litre of illegally distilled liquor and 10,000 kg of fermented mahua seeds, from Hurlung near Telco area.
According to district excise officials, acting on a tip off they seized country-made liquor and liquor manufacturing materials estimated to be worth Rs 4 lakh (in market price).
Inspector Jamshedpur excise, K. Vijay Minz a joint team of district excise and city police conducted the raid in a godown at Hurlung. Nearly 10,000 litre of illegally distilled liquor and 10,000 kg of fermented mahua seeds were recovered.
The excise official said that similar raids would be carried out on other locations believed to be manufacturing units of illegal liquor in the next few days.
The excise department following directive from the East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal also carried out a simultaneous raid in different localities, based on tip-off, against illegal consumption of liquor. A total of 19 persons were arrested from Jugsalai, Baridih, Burmamines, Sidhgora and Golmuri for drinking liquor in illegal joints.
The Excise Department of the East Singhbhum district has formed Quick Response Team (QRT) of respective police stations to nail down illegal liquor joints flourishing in different parts of the city. As part of the initiative joint surprise raids would be carried out at liquor selling points in the evening while production points will see raids in the morning.
At Jamshedpur there are 98 Indian Make Foreign liquor (IMFl) licensed shops, 51 country-made liqour shop and 15 spicy liquor shops. Notably, the steel city has a history of manufacturing of duplicate liquor as the district police had in the past busted several racket of duplicate liquor manufacturing units, especially from the localities like Bagbera, Jugsalai and Kadma.