In a joint raid, State excise department and Muffasil police busted an illegal factory producing spurious liquor in Giridih's Gadrama village on Tuesday but no one was arrested from the spot.
Giridih, SDPO, Jit Wahan Oraon said that the factory was being run by members of the local villagers in their houses. Several drums of spurious liquor (Mahua) prepared using chemicals, apart from packets of detergent powder and yeast, dry grapes and a bottle of shampoo, which is used to manufacture illicit liquor, were recovered from the factory.
Several dozens of containers with local made Mahua wine which were to be sold only in Giridih and its surroundings areas, were also recovered from the houses, an Officer -in Charge cum IPS trainee Nathu Singh Meena said.
"We got information that there was a hooch factory operating in every houses a in Gadrama village. "We shared the information with the local police and a joint team was formed to raid the premises. We have handed over all the material to police for further action and an FIR under Jharkhand Excise Act has also been registered at Muffasil police station, said excise officials.