Excise sleuths raid illicit country-made liquor factory

Betiah, Aug 21 (UNI) Bihar Excise department sleuths today raided a liquor factory here and seized huge quantity of country-made illicit liquor.

Director of Excise Maheswar Dutt told UNI that acting on a tip-off the departmental sleuths,led by excise inspector Ravinder Kumar Singh and assisted by the Jagdishpur police, raided the liquor factory at Jhakharia village, about 20 km from here.

During the search operation illicit liquor worth about Rs 400,000 besides 350 litres of spirit, two socketing achines, and several other materials were recovered from the spot.

Though an FIR had been lodged in the local police station, none was arrested so far.

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