Latur, Oct 30 The Maharashtra Excise Department has busted an illegal country liquor manufacturing unit operating from a tin shed on a farm in Latur district and seized materials worth Rs 5.23 lakh, an official said on Friday.
Based on a tip-off, a team from the excise department raided a farm in Yellori village of Ausa taluka late on Thursday night, seizing 2,500 litres of spirit, a bottling machine, essence, flavouring agents and other materials used in the manufacture of illicit liquor.
The authorities have detained two persons under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949, and a search has been launched for others involved in the illegal activity, the official said.
The department has said that action against illegal liquor manufacturing, sale and transportation will continue.
(PTI News)
