Spurious liquor racket has hyperlinks to Goa, Bengaluru and Mumbai, say Excise officers

The spurious liquor racket busted in Annamayya and NTR districts has hyperlinks to Goa, Bengaluru and Mumbai, in keeping with the officers of Prohibition and Excise division. The key accused, Addepalli Janardhan Rao and his brother, A. Jaganmoham Rao, have been in liquor commerce since 2012.

The accused have been allegedly manufacturing Non-Duty Paid Liquor (NDPL) and advertising and marketing it by numerous liquor shops in Mulakalacheru and the ANR Restaurant and Bar owned by them. The Prohibition and Excise officers had arrested Janardhan Rao on the Gannavaram airport a couple of days in the past whereas he was getting back from South Africa.

During the investigation, it was discovered that Accused No. 1, Janardhan Rao, started manufacturing NDPL throughout COVID-19. He reportedly bought low-cost liquor from Hyderabad in plastic cans, refilled them in 1 litre bottles, and bought the identical beneath completely different model names at ANR Bar in Ibrahimpatnam.

Another accused, Balaji of Goa, who labored in a distillery and skilled in liquor manufacturing, provided spirit, caramel, essence and different substances to Janardhan Rao.

The liquor racket used pretend labels printed at Hyderabad and ship them to Ibrahimpatnam to promote the spurious liquor. They additionally bought plastic cans, bottles and caps in bulk and transported the fabric to the bottling unit in NTR district.

The accused manufactured spurious liquor beneath completely different model names and provided the shares to the liquor shops, an Excise official investigating the case advised The Hindu.

Meanwhile, Janardhan Rao deliberate to arrange a distillery in South Africa, and travelled to Luanda to execute this plan. The accused additionally deliberate to open a bar at Hyderabad, from the place they deliberate to move the uncooked materials.

“Janardhan Rao and his gang used to convey spurious liquor manufactured at Mulakalacheruvu and transport them in cans to Ibrahimpatnam. The accused used to fill the liquor in bottles and affix pretend labels of various liquor manufacturers on them,” stated NTR District Prohibition and Excise Officer (DPEO) S. Srinivas.

The Excise police, who intercepted a car transporting liquor in Annamayya district a couple of days in the past, seized the shares and busted the spurious liquor racket. Later, additionally they raided the bottling unit at Ibrahimpatnam.