Five litres of illicit arrack and vessels used for bootlegging were seized. In another incident, Sernthamaram police in Tenkasi district arrested three persons for distilling illicit arrack in a farm. Police said Mayilraj, 40, of Kadaiyaalurutti under Sernthamaram police station limits kept fermented wash in his farm for distilling illicit arrack. When police raided the farm, Mayilraj, his associates T. Samy Shankar, 56, and K. Eswaran, 56, were distilling arrack. Besides seizing the arrack and arresting the trio, police also confiscated 70 litres of fermented wash.Further investigations are on.

Source: The Hindu June 01, 2021 14:10 UTC