A six-member gang from Puducherry was recently arrested by Kallakurichi police for manufacturing and smuggling spurious liquor.
According to police, a special team including Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) personnel were conducting vehicle checks at a tollgate near Ulundurpet on Thursday night, when they stopped a car with a Puducherry number plate. As the driver, A Sakthivel (42) from Arumparthapuram, Villianur, failed to properly respond to their questions, police officials grew suspicious and investigated further. It was determined that Sakthivel was escorting a mini lorry carrying spurious liquor from the union territory, police said.
Based on information provided by Sakthivel, police intercepted the mini lorry and seized about 4,800 liquor bottles from it. Five persons, including Sakthivel; the lorry driver K Ranga (29) from Thattanpalayam, near Panruti; K Annadurai (46) and V Sathish (31) from Aandiyarpalayam, Puducherry, and D Krishnamoorthy (45) from Kuranguputhur, Namakkal, were arrested the same night. Police said, during interrogation, the accused confessed to manufacturing liquor using rectified spirit and supplying it to Tasmac shops with fake stickers.
