Excise seizes illicit liquor, fake notes worth over Rs 1L

Thiruvananthapuram: Based on a tip-off, a team of excise officers at Vamanapuram range on Wednesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of over Rs 1.60 lakh while conducting a raid on an illicit liquor brewing centre. The officers also seized 40 litres of illicit liquor and 1,220 litres of wash from the centre that functioned in a house at Thattupalam near Madathara under Palode police station limits outside the city.

The person who was running the brewing centre fled seeing the officers approaching. A search has been launched to track down the suspect, who has been identified as Irshad, a resident of Kochalummood.
Vamanapuram excise range inspector G Mohankumar, who led the team, said Irshad was a habitual offender who was arrested by the officers of the same range during the first phase of the Covid-induced lockdown last year with 15 litres of illicit liquor and 1,050 litres of wash.

“It turns out that the suspect had rented the house 20 days ago,” the inspector said. Irshad was also into the business of earth moving and owned a few excavators. According to the house owner, Irshad rented the house for providing accommodation for his employees. But there was no one else except Irshad in the house when the officers raided the house.

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