Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The shutdown of liquor shops and bars in the wake of the Covid-19 resurgence and the subsequent lockdown has created a rise in demand for illicit liquor in the district. With the doors of liquor outlets in neighbouring Tamil Nadu districts shut too, tipplers are now resorting to buying liquor through illegal supply chains.
According to the Excise department, illegal brewing of liquor and sales are rampant across the district, with many of such ‘businesses’ centered inside houses. Bootleggers supply the brewed liquor through various dealers at prices starting from Rs 1,500 for a 1-litre bottle, excise officials said.
Lockdown leaves Kerala toddy tappers in a tizzy
May 17, 2021
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Pot of woe: with shops closed and no customers, around four lakh litres of toddy are being dumped daily It is not only tipplers but toddy tappers too are facing the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kerala. The lockdown in the second Covid wave has kept customers away from toddy shops, forcing tappers to dump in the open the brew extracted from coconut palms for both want of customers and closure of toddy shops.
Around four lakh litres of toddy are being emptied to the ground on a daily basis, leaving 25,000-odd toddy workers in the State in a mess. The closing down of toddy outlets since April 26 has kept out customers too.
Haryana: 460 cartons of smuggled liquor seized from truck
ANI
18 May 2021, 01:27 GMT+10
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Haryana Police on Monday seized 5,520 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in Sonipat district while the consignment was being smuggled in a truck to Arunachal Pradesh.
A Haryana Police spokesperson informed that truck has been impounded and the consignment, packed in 460 cartons, has been seized.
A primary probe revealed that the illicit liquor was being smuggled from Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh to Arunachal Pradesh. The liquor has a hologram of distilleries in Chandigarh and Sirmour (Himachal Pradesh).
The spokesperson said that while patrolling in the GT road area, a police team received a tip-off about a truck carrying a huge stock of illicit liquor. The team swung into action and seized 460 cartons of liquor from the truck which was parked near a dhaba.
Haryana: 460 cartons of smuggled liquor seized from truck in Sonipat ANI | Updated: May 17, 2021 20:20 IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Haryana Police on Monday seized 5,520 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in Sonipat district while the consignment was being smuggled in a truck to Arunachal Pradesh.
A Haryana Police spokesperson informed that truck has been impounded and the consignment, packed in 460 cartons, has been seized.
A primary probe revealed that the illicit liquor was being smuggled from Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh to Arunachal Pradesh. The liquor has a hologram of distilleries in Chandigarh and Sirmour (Himachal Pradesh).
The spokesperson said that while patrolling in the GT road area, a police team received a tip-off about a truck carrying a huge stock of illicit liquor. The team swung into action and seized 460 cartons of liquor from the truck which was parked near a dhaba.
Despite lockdown orders, the establishment was found to be clandestinely operating by giving backdoor entry to customers and serving them liquor and food behind the locked doors of the dining area, police said. Fifteen people including the manager, cook and waiters along with the soliciting customers were rounded up and booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Bombay Prohibition Act, Disaster Management Act and for violating the in-force Epidemic Diseases Act- 1897.
Restaurants and eateries have been allowed to operate just parcel services in compliance to the mandated guidelines. While further investigations were underway, the MBVV police have rolled up their sleeves to seek cancellation of excise permits and other licenses awarded to such erring establishments which were putting the lives of others at risk by encouraging the spread of the deadly pandemic. However, the owner and operator who are the actual beneficiaries of the trade are still at large. Despite b