Kozhikode, The Operations Manager and another official of a local bar in Kodenchery near here were arrested by the Excise department in connection with seizure of illicit liquor bottles as brands. According to an Excise official a raid was conducted in the bar early on Monday in response to secret information.
The seizure includes 917 bottles of "branded" liquour and tens of cans containing unflavoured spirit. The bar, “Thushara”, has been bottling the spurious liquor in empty bottles of brands like Jawan Rum and Old Chef Brandy and others, which costs 500 to 600 in the beverage market.
The fake liquor is believed to have been consigned from an illicit distilling unit somewhere in Palakkad-Tamil Nadu border, through an agent. The investigations are underway to unearth the source of the liquor.
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