Archive · 7 Aug 2025
Illicit Liquor Racket Busted in Vemulawada, Two Arrested
Some people were caught making fake alcohol.
They took empty bottles from expensive brands and filled them with cheap, fake alcohol.
They were selling this fake alcohol to people, which is against the law.
The police found a lot of fake liquor at their homes.
They have been arrested and the police are trying to find out where they got the cheap alcohol and if anyone else was involved.
Excise department arrested two people for operating an illicit liquor bottling unit.
The unit repackaged cheap liquor into branded alcohol bottles.
The accused collected used bottles of reputed brands and refilled them with spurious alcohol.
The team seized counterfeit liquor, including water bottles filled with low-grade liquor and branded bottles.
The market value of seized material is estimated at Rs 50,000; illicit transactions crossed Rs 2 lakh in six months.
- Who
- Tuniki Karthik and Damarapalli Santosh were arrested by the Excise department.
- What
- Two individuals were arrested for operating an illicit liquor bottling unit that repackaged cheap liquor into branded alcohol bottles.
- When
- Tuesday (arrest), over six months (operation duration).
- Where
- Vemulawada, Rajanna Siricilla district, Telangana.
- Why
- To sell spurious alcohol and make a profit.
- Accused
- Tuniki Karthik and Damarapalli Santosh
- Location
- Vemulawada, Rajanna Siricilla
- Charge
- Operating illicit bottling unit
- Liquor Brands Faked
- Black & White, William’s Son, Black Dog, Red Label, Signature
- Seized Material Value
- Rs 50,000
- Estimated Illicit Transactions
- Rs 2 lakh (6 months)