SEB sleuths seize large quantities of Telangana liquor smuggled into the state near Kurnool

TIRUPATI: Special enforcement bureau sleuths seized large quantities of Telangana liquor being smuggled into the state near the two states border in Kurnool district on Wednesday.
Kurnool SEB circle inspector R Ravi Chandra and his team who were conducting vehicular checks at the Panchalingala checkpost intercepted a Telangana vehicle and seized 480 liquor bottles stacked up in 14 carton boxes on Wednesday morning.
Police seized the car used for the smuggling of Telangana liquor into the state and arrested Achari Arun, a resident of Nagar Kurnool.
Meanwhile during raids carried out at various places, SEB sleuths arrested 45 persons and seized 6818 liquor bottles on Wednesday. 8 vehicles were also seized by the enforcement bureau sleuths.
Kurnool SP Dr Kaginelli Fakeerappa warned miscreants to refrain from smuggling liquor from other states into the state of Andhra Pradesh. He directed the SEB sleuths to step up vigil along the porous routes close to the borders of the neighbouring states besides maintaining a strong tab on vehicular movements along the border checkposts.