4 held from illicit liquor factory in Greater Noida
THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY USED THE PREMISES TO MANUFACTURE ADULTERATED LIQUOR WHICH THEY SOLD IN WESTERN UP
GREATER NOIDA: The Greater Noida and Hapur police, in a joint operation on Thursday, arrested four persons from an illicit liquor factory in the Sigma 4 area. The suspects allegedly used the premises to manufacture adulterated liquor which they sold in Western UP.
The suspects were identified as Deepak Lal, 25, from Bulandshahr; Deepak, 26, from Meerut; Manish Kumar, 28, from Surajpur; and Kuldeep, 27, from Sigma 4 in Greater Noida.
Rajesh Kumar Singh, DCP, Greater Noida, said the police are alert and checking for illicit liquor in the area. “On Thursday, we received information from the Hapur police about an illegal liquor factory running from Sector Sigma 4 in Greater Noida. A joint team of Greater Noida and Hapur police conducted a search operation on the premises and arrested four persons,” he said.
Neeraj Kumar Jadaun, SP, Hapur, said his team had arrested some suspects involved in manufacture and supply of illicit liquor last week in Simbhawali area. “Those suspects had revealed that an illegal factory was functioning in Greater Noida. We sent a team to Greater Noida which conducted a joint operation with the Noida police and busted the gang,” he said. He added that the gang had been selling the illicit liquor in Hapur, Bulandshahr and other districts.
The police seized 720 bottles of liquor, five bags full of bottle caps, two drums, two bottle chemicals, 10 kg of urea and a Maruti Swift Dzire from the spot.
Police said the suspects had allegedly been functioning since the last three months. “Kuldeep and Manish are locals. They shared the information with their accomplices to get the premises on rent and produce the liquor,,” said the police.
The arrested persons allegedly revealed six more suspects are involved, said officers. Sujeet Upadhyaya, SHO, Beta 2 police station, said: “The property owner is a co-accused as he had given the property on rent without proper verification,” he said.
A case has been registered against the ten suspects under Section 420, 467, 471, Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, and sections 60-A, 62 and 72 of the UP Excise Act.
The four were produced in court and sent to judicial custody. “We have launched a search for the absconding persons,” the SHO said.
On January 11, two persons were found dead in an illicit liquor factory in Greater Noida’s Site V area. It appeared the two persons had consumed the spurious liquor and died, said the police.