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The Prohibition and Excise (P&E) Department connected Monday (October 06, 2025) raided a barroom and edifice astatine Ibrahimpatnam adjacent Vijayawada and seized immense quantity of spirit, suspected to beryllium spurious liquor and bare bottles.
On a tip-off that spurious liquor was being bottled successful ANR Bar and Restaurant, the squad led by P&E Director Rahul Dev Sharma, Vijayawada Deputy Excise Commissioner P. Srinivas Rao, Deputy Commissioner (headquarters) Vivek conducted searches connected the barroom and seized the stocks.
Following the raids connected a distillery portion astatine Mulakalacheruvu successful Annamayya territory and seizure of suspected spurious liquor, simultaneous raids were conducted connected the bar, which has links to spurious liquor manufacturing unit.
The accused identified arsenic Addepalli Janardhan Rao, who obtained licence for moving a barroom and restaurant, was organising a bottling portion illegally, said Bhavanipuram Excise Circle Inspector T. Gopala Krishna, who participated successful the raid connected Monday.
“The Excise constabulary confiscated 1,272 bottles of assorted liquor brands, 7,800 bottles of liquor without labels, stickers of assorted brands and 22,000 bare bottles,” District Prohibition and Excise Officer (DPEO) S. Srinivas told The Hindu.
A lawsuit has been registered and the seized liquor, tone and different worldly would beryllium sent to Excise Laboratory, located successful Guntur district, the DPEO said.
The Excise constabulary took Addepalli Jaganmohan Rao, member of Addepalli Janardhana Rao, who is simply a fishy successful the Mulakacheruvu spurious liquor case, into custody.
“The accused was receiving the earthy worldly and escaped liquor, which is being bottled successful the unauthorised portion astatine Ibrahimpatnam,” Mr. Srinivas said.
Meanwhile, the Guntur Excise officials conducted searches successful the location of Kodali Srinivas Rao, who was named accused No. 12 successful spurious liquor racket busted successful Annamayya district. “We searched the location of Srinivas successful Tenali but helium managed to escape. Efforts are connected to nab him,” said Guntur DPEO V. Aruna Kumari.
