ID liquor packaged at City 'water bottling unit'; 4 held

In a major crackdown, the Bhubaneswar Excise Department sleuths raided an illegal country liquor (ID liquor) storage and distribution unit operating clandestinely under the guise of a water bottling and packaging factory in the forest area of Mund jungle near Daruthenga village on the outskirts of the Capital City, Friday.

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Deputy Superintendent Raj Sekhar Swain, who led the raiding team, said four persons were arrested and 9,510 litres of ID liquor, estimated to be of ₹19 lakh, were seized from the illegal unit.

The sleuths also recovered around 28,000 plastic bottles, 7,000 empty pouches, one sealing machine, along with three four-wheelers, and a two-wheeler used for transporting the contraband, Swain said.