102 cases filed after illicit liquor ban in Karnataka

Bangalore, July 2 (UNI) The Excise department and the Police jointly filed 102 cases and arrested 16 persons after conducting a crackdown on illicit liquor manufacturing, following the ban on arrack, which came into effect from Saturday night.

According to a statement issued by the Excise Commissioner, during the statewide raids conducted by a large number of policemen and the excise staff, 1.82 lakh libres of arrack, 2020 litres of toddy, 216 litres of IMFL, 9050 litres of spirit and eight vehicles had been seized.

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