Coimbatore: Cops seize 1,440 liquor bottles

COIMBATORE: Police seized 1,440 liquor bottles from three people near a Tasmac outlet on Athipalayam Road at Periyanaickenpalayam on Tuesday. A Muthu, 45 and M Ramachandran, 50, from Sivakanga district and P Kalagnar, 29, from Madurai were trying to sell the liquor, police sources said. They were arrested under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 and were later released on bail.
Police also arrested D Sudhagar, 24, a resident of Madukkarai, for attempting to sell alcohol near the Madukkarai market on Tuesday and seized 46 bottles of liquor, Rs 23,000 and a two-wheeler from him.