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Tanker with rectified spirit seized

By Our Staff Reporter

Pondicherry Sept. 7. The Excise department officials have seized a tanker with 12,000 litres of rectified spirit near Odiansalai on railway station road in the heart of the town. The value of the brew was put at Rs. 18 lakhs. The cleaner has been arrested.

The officials, led by the Deputy Commissioner, R. Anbalagan, who were on a routine combing operation, came across the stationary tanker. The cleaner claimed that the vehicle contained only lubricant oil. But a check revealed the presence of the spirit inside the container (having three chambers).

The Deputy Commissioner today said it had been tentatively decided to hand over the cases of seizure of rectified spirit to the CID wing of the police to trace the accused and the sources of the product.

A meeting was held yesterday under the chairmanship of the additional district magistrate, G. Ragesh Chandra, to decide the next course of action.

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