CHENNAI: The efforts of the city police to flush out illicit liquor, flowing into the metro from various pockets — far and near — are yielding the desired results, say police. Police say they have formed exclusive teams to gather information about the movement of illicit liquor and ID arrack. Their intelligence is so good that on arrival of the goods, police teams crack down on the offenders, seize vehicles and destroy the contraband. In the last two months, the city police booked 350 cases, seized 25,000 litres of fermented wash, 7,000 litres of ID arrack and 1.30 lakh sachets of arrack from neighbouring Karnataka.

Monday's catch of 90,000 sachets of arrack from a single truck from Karnataka in Puzhal police station limits is a good example. Apart from this, the police have also impounded 10 vehicles engaged in transporting the illicit liquor/arrack.

A PEW officer in Kothavalchavadi limits said: "Six hundred brandy bottles with fake seals were seized in a raid conducted in the city recently and another 14,000 litres of rectified spirit were destroyed." The illicit traffic is mainly done on the Chennai-Bangalore and Chennai-Pondicherry routes. But, with the police keeping a vigil over the movement of illicit liquor, it has become a difficult task for traders to transport liquor into the city, a senior officer said.

City Commissioner of Police Letika Saran said at a recent press conference that the drive against illicit liquor would continue. Speaking to The Hindu , Chennai City Additional Commissioner of Police S.R. Jangid said here on Tuesday that prohibition offenders would not be spared and would be booked as per the law.

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