MAHABUBABAD: Telangana police seized 120 quintals of black jaggery worth Rs 10.8 lakh and five quintals of alum.
Acting on a tip-off, Kuravi, Maripeda, and Kesamudram police personnel intercepted the vehicle.
During the checking, police found banned black jaggery and alum in the three vehicles.
Kuravi police seized 30 quintals of black jaggery and one quintal of alum worth Rs 2.46 lakh and arrested two persons.
Maripeda police seized 40 quintals of black jaggery and 3 quintals of alum worth Rs 3.48 lakh and arrested three persons.
The Kesamudram police seized 50 quintals of black jaggery and one quintal of alum worth Rs 4 lakhs and arrested three persons.
Superintendent of police Nandyala Koti Reddy said that arrested persons from three police stations have been purchasing the banned black jaggery and alum from the Chittoor and Nellore districts in the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh for Rs 3,000 per quintal.
They then have been selling the same at Rs 8,000 to the illicitly distilled liquor manufacturers in Mahabubabad district.
Police also seized a tractor, van, auto rickshaw from their possession.