Mehsana, May 16 (PTI) Two persons were arrested for allegedly manufacturing liquor from a house in Gujarat’s Mehsana district, a police official said on Saturday.
Gujarat is a dry state where manufacture, sale, storage and consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
Local Crime Branch (LCB) inspector AM Kamaliya identified the arrested accused as Vikram Thakor and Mahendrasinh Zala.
“The liquor unit was operating from Thakor’s residence. During the raid, two tanks filled with distilled water and liquor essence were found. The seized items include 178 boxes of ready-to-sell counterfeit liquor bottles, raw materials like ethanol as well as liquor brand stickers,” he said.
Thakor and Zala, along with two others, have been charged under Gujarat Prohibition Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he added. PTI KVM PD BNM
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