3875 litres of spirit seizes in TN

Tirunelveli, May 12 (UNI) Police seized 3875 litres of unlicensed spirit stored in 105 cans in a lorry at Thalayuthu near here early today.

Police said that in a routine vehicle check up, a lorry was intercepted and on examination, the spirit cans were found concealed under 40 bags of rice.

The spirit was on transportation from Mysore to Nagercoil. While the driver of the lorry managed to escape from the scene, the other occupant, identified as Usman from Kerala, was arrested.

UNI