Coimbatore city police seize 874 bottles of liquor on dry day

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police seized 874 bottles of liquor meant to be sold illegally on Thiruvalluvar Day on Friday, which was as a dry day. They arrested eight people on charges of selling liquor illegally. Five of the arrested men were remanded in judicial custody while the others were released on bail.A police officer said a city-wide check was conducted on Friday to prevent the illegal sale of liquor. The teams checked whether any Tasmac bars were open. The teams seized liquor from a few such bars and other places. Police seized 680 bottles of liquor bottles from a Tasmac bar near Singanallur and launched efforts to nab the man who runs it.The Podanur police registered two cases and arrested T Karuppusamy, 25, M Ramthal, 65, of Vellalore, and S Michaelraj, 22, of Ramanathapuram. The Bazaar police registered a case and arrested A Ameer, 25, of Kurichi Pirivu and K Rishanth, 25, of Selvapuram. All five were remanded in judicial custody. The Singanallur police registered two cases while Peelamedu and Saravanampatti police registered one case each for selling Indian made foreign liquor on a dry day.