In a joint raid Excise Department and Meral police busted an illicit liquor factory at Rajbandha village under Meral police limit on Tuesday late evening. With the arrest of one person in the connection, the department also seized 3800 liter illicit wine labeled as Royal stag brand, 4200 liters of spirit and other manufacturing tools.
The raid was carried out by police personnel in close coordination with the excise department, Excise SP Sujit Kumar said. One person Rajbali Bhuiyan was arrested in the connection, Kumar added.
Giving details of the raid, on receiving secret information, the team was keeping an eye on the whole matter for a week. Despite this, only a caretaker was caught by the team. The liquor made here was sent to UP and Bihar.
This work was being done here for a few days. It is being questioned. Action will be taken by identifying the people involved in it, Kumar added.
One water RO plant, one water tank, 45 empty bottles, one set seal machine etc were recovered from the site.