Coimbatore: The city police arrested two men for possession of 1,130 liquor bottles illegally at Kuniyamuthur on Sunday.
Liquor bottles are being smuggled from Karnataka as the state government has not reopened Tasmac outlets in 11 districts, including Coimbatore, Tirupur, Nilgiris and Erode.
The Kuniyamuthur police got a tip-off about liquor bottles stocked illegally in a godown.
Police raided the godown on Sunday and found 1,139 liquor bottles there.
Police arrested Selvaraj, 40, and Vignesh, 20, both residents of Kuniyamuthur.
One more person Shankar, 30, from Trichy managed to escape.
Two men held with 1,130 liquor bottles
