Udupi: What is illicit liquor? Is it any different from the liquor consumed in shops and parlours in mild light and company, by thousands in hotels after sunset on coastal regions? At any rate, if it is poisonous and killer qualities, apart from being made without legal permission, it has to be illicit.
Such 9000 litres, a huge quantity, of illicit harmful liquor, because it invites police attention, was destroyed by Excise officers, under court orders on Friday, Sept.16, after being confiscated as spirit worth Rs.10 lakh in Dendurkatte river in town.
The spirit stocks were being illegally transported in 252 cans in a truck registered in Haryana and seized in Hebri near Udupi in August.2010, over an year ago.
Somaiah, the Excise DC and his officers Gurumurthy and Narayana, along with constables and home guards had participated in the seizing and destroying operations.