Tirupur: Police Anupparpalayam arrested six people on Thursday to hoard liquor in Tasmac Bars in Gandhinagar and sell it at exorbitant prices after 5pm.
Pekjababasmac has received complaints about bar owners who threaten large amounts of liquor.
Furthermore, a team consisting of excise officials, police personnel from Anupparpalayam Station and Tasmac officials looking for bars.
They confiscated 3,500 bottles of liquor worth Rs 5 Lakh.
The owner of two bars identified as Mahadevan and Dhanapal and their employees Mahadevan, Karnan, Vijayakumar and Anand were arrested.
They used to sell liquor to tipper after 5pm with double the maximum retail price, the source said.