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Illegal Liquor Manufacturing Unit Busted In UP’s Pratapgarh District

Additional Director General of Police, Allahabad Zone, Prem Prakash, said the bottles of liquor hidden in haystacks and equipment were seized during the raid on Friday.

Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): An illegal liquor manufacturing unit, operating from a cowshed in the Hathigava area of Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district, was busted in a raid by the police and excise department personnel, officials said on Sunday

Additional Director General of Police, Allahabad Zone, Prem Prakash, said the bottles of liquor hidden in haystacks and equipment were seized during the raid on Friday.

“The seized liquor is worth crores,” PTI quoted Prakash as saying.

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“The factory, which was operating from a cowshed, belongs to Guddu Singh, and efforts are on to nab him. A number of people have been detained,” he added.

Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said that seven persons have been arrested while 20 others have been identified.

He said that a case has been registered against them under the Indian Penal Code and the Excise Act.

Tomar also said that the property of the accused will be attached.

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In a separate raid, a unit manufacturing illicit liquor was busted in an area under the Kunda police station late on Saturday night. Police also seized liquor worth Rs 50 lakh from a shop, Tomar said.

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