Liquor racket busted, 2 held
Source: The Sangai Express

Thoubal, March 11 2019: A team of Thoubal commando, including women police, busted an illegal liquor manufacturing unit at around 7.15 am today and arrested one Heikrujam Bikramjit Singh (37) s/o H Manao of Khongjom Bazar and Changamayum Usharani Devi (43) d/o (L) Ch Tomba Singh of Athokpam Awang Leikai, who were involved in preparing local illegal liquor.

The police team also seized 11 empty plastic cans of 20 litres capacity each, a wooden frame for screen printing, blue colour Rolex ink, 4 plastic packets of gold colouring powder, a bottle of unidentified liquid for processing illegal liquor, two big aluminium pots, three local made iron machines for assembling illegal liquor bottles and one bottle of a liquid said to be reducing agent for screen printing from the scene.

The security team also picked up one Md Ajit Khan (39) s/o Md Abdul Latip of Heiyel Labuk for supplying unidentified liquid chemical used in the manufacture of the illegal liquor.

The arrested persons, along with seized articles, have been handed over to Khongjom PS.

On the other hand, police also detained one Laishram Tilotama (56) w/o Shyam of Lamding Laishram Leikai and recovered 5 bottles of OC Blue (750ml), and 31 bottles of Caravan whiskey (750 ml ) and 48 beer cans of Diablo (500 ml).

The arrested persons along with the seized articles have been handed over to Thoubal PS .

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