Varanasi: In major success against hooch trade in the region, Ballia police unearthed an illegal liquor manufacturing unit with the arrest of four persons and recovered over 4,000 litres of illicit liquor worth over Rs 50 lakhs from them. Similarly, Varanasi cops also caught a consignment of smuggled liquor of over Rs 20 lakhs.
SP Ballia Vipin Tada said, “acting on a tip-off, a team of Kotwali police led by inspector Balmukumd Mishra raided a compound behind a beer shop and seized 2,800 litres of spirit kept in 14 drums. It was followed by another raid in the Sahaspali area where the manufacturing and packing unit was being run by hooch makers.”