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The Excise section connected Tuesday arrested the kingpin of a large liquor smuggling racket progressive successful transporting ample quantities of Goan liquor to Kerala. The apprehension was made astatine Honnavar successful Karnataka aft a prolonged manhunt.
The accused is Radhakrishna S. Kammath, 61, of Karwar, Karnataka. He is the main accused successful the 2023 lawsuit successful which 2,484 litres of Goan liquor were seized astatine the Manjeswaram cheque post. He had been absconding since the issuance of a warrant by a Kasaragod court.
Excise officials said the apprehension was made aft sustained surveillance, with the assistance of the Honnavar police. A squad led by Excise inspector K.V. Shravan apprehended the accused successful beforehand of his house. He is suspected to beryllium a cardinal nexus successful smuggling liquor from Goa and Karnataka into Kerala.
The accused was produced successful the Kasaragod Judicial First Class Magistrate Court 1 connected Monday evening and was remanded successful custody till February 11.
