Manipur police seizes large quantity of illegal liquors

IMPHAL — Several teams of Manipur police raided stores around Imphal and seized large quantities of illegal liquor in the last two days.

Police sources said that a team of Imphal East district police raided a store house at Khurai Lamlong and seized 24 bottles of Corona Beer, 48 bottles of Imperial Blue Whiskey (350 ml), 96 bottles of Imperial Whiskey (175 ml), 34 bottles of Red Label (1 litre), 8 bottles of Black label (1 litre), 16 bottles of Carlo Rossi red wine, 520 bottles of Oppa korean wine (360 ml), 72 bottles of Pure no.1 (750 ml Myanmar beer) and 2840 bottles (142 boxes) of Power juice (750 ml – alcoholic content) at around 11.30 am on Tuesday.

Police apprehended one Nandeibam Surjit (42) of Khurai Thongam Leikai who is said to be the caretaker of the seized items.

The seized items will be handed over to excise for further necessary action, said a police official.

On Monday too, teams of Commando-Imphal West raided a shop (People Store) located at Lamphel Sana Keithel (Thangmeiband Khondram Selungba Leikai) in Imphal West district and detained the shop owner Salam Sancha alias Deepak Singh (30)of Thangmeiband Khomdram Selungba Leikai.

During the raid following Indian Made Foreign Liquor(IMFL) and beer were recovered from the shop: Six bottles of Gentlemen club (750ml), 9 bottles of Iconic white (375ml), 14 bottles of McDowells (375 ml) 14 bottles, Sterling Reserve B7 (180ml) 38 bottles, Oppa (360ml) 8 bottles, Blenders Pride (750ml), 6 bottles, Vintage (750ml) 2 bottles, 2 bottles of Kusum beer (750ml), 11 bottles of Corona Extra beer (355ml), 36 cans of Kingfisher beer (500ml), 12 bottles of Old monk beer (500ml) and 12 bottles of Tuborg beer (500ml) were seized during Monday’s raid, police said.

The shop owner along with the recovered items will be handed over to Excise Department, Lamphelpat for necessary formalities, another police source from Imphal West district added.