The illicit liquor manufacturing unit was being run in a rented home for the final one month. (Representational)
Dehradun:
A joint group of Uttarakhand Police’s Particular Job Drive (STF) and Excise Division on Wednesday busted a bootleg liquor manufacturing unit being run in a home at Mukhani in Nainital district and arrested one individual.
A big amount of illicit liquor, chemical compounds, uncooked materials and gear have been recovered from contained in the manufacturing unit, STF Senior Superintendent of Police Navneet Singh Bhullar stated.
The illicit liquor manufacturing unit was being run in a rented home for the final one month and the illicit liquor manufactured there was being provided in Haldwani space, he stated, including that chemical compounds and different uncooked supplies for manufacturing the liquor had been introduced from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad.
The principle accused Vishal Mandal has been arrested. He’s a resident of Lalkuan in Nainital district and half a dozen circumstances are already registered towards him in Uttarakhand Police and Excise Division, the SSP (STF) stated.
The home was raided following a tip off and Mandal was caught purple handed whereas making ready illicit liquor of Bajpur Gulab Malta model, Bhullar stated.
Folks residing close by had no thought about this manufacturing unit and the ready liquor was being provided to the eating places and motels of Haldwani space.
The STF has additionally obtained important clues concerning the individual from Uttar Pradesh who was supplying the uncooked materials for producing illicit liquor. Motion will likely be taken towards him too, the official stated.
Six circumstances for making and smuggling illicit liquor are already registered towards Mandal in Kathgodam, Haldwani and Lalkuan police stations and the Excise Division of Nainital district, Bhullar stated.
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