ERODE: Four people were arrested for brewing illicit liquor in Ariyappampalayam village in Sathyamangalam on Wednesday night.
Police have seized 200 litres of fermented sap and 10 litres of illicit arrack from them.
Sathyamangalam deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Subbaiah said they had conducted a surprise raid at a house in Ariyappampalayam village on Wednesday night based on a tip that some people were involved in illicit liquor preparation.
“During the search, we found four people were involved in brewing illicit liquor.
They had stocked 200 litres of fermented sap and 10 litres of arrack in the house.
We seized them and arrested the four,” the DSP said.
The accused have been identified as N Sekar, 49, C Subramani, 38, S Viswanathan, 23 and D Shanmugam, 39.
“All the four have been lodged in the district prison at Gobichettipalayam,” the officer said.
The Sathyamangalam police have registered a case and further inquiry is on.
In another incident, two men were arrested for smuggling liquor into the district from Karnataka on Thursday.
A police officer said 45-year-old A Prabhakaran and 35-year-old P R Rajan, both residents of Duraiyapalayam village, were caught with 20 bottles of liquor during a vehicle check at the Bannari check post in the early hours of the day.
“We have seized the bottles and the scooter that was used to smuggle the liquor,” the Sathyamangalam police said.