Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, Nov 29: The police team, almost at dawn, raided three illicit liquor breweries In Sonajhuri forest area in Kakidih under Kamalpur police station in Patamda block. Sensing the arrival of the police team the distillery owners and staff made good their escape. The raiding Kamalpur police team seized 150 kilograms of dried Mahua flowers (Java), 25 liters of country liquor including jaggery-mahua, utensils for manufacturing brew, drums and other items and destroyed the stored liquor. Kamalpur PS OC Dhiranjan Kumar said that information had been received about illegal liquor business in the area under the patronage of a local leader. Legal action will be taken against the three absconding hooch manufacturers once they were arrested. The police are already on their trail