Kottayam : A hoochbrewing gang was nabbed in a daring operation after the miscreants set dogs upon the raiding Excise team.
The Excise received tip-off on the hoochbrewing haunt and landed at the house early Saturday dawn 1:30 am where they would seize 75 litres of illicit brew and brewing equipment. At first, the house occupants unleashed the domesticated dogs onto the team hat arrived. However, sleuths managed to control the dogs and jump over the barbed wire fence.
Arrested by Excise are: Vineet Biju(26) from Perur Thellakam Parthadam, VM Kannan(32) from Vettuvahiya, in Voika’s Udayapuram and MS Amal from Mamparambil in Tellakam. The house owner Unni, who was boozing at the time, managed to run away. A hunt has been launched to locate and bring him in.
All arrested men have been moved to Eumanoor Range Office. The arrest team comprised Kottayam EE and ANSS Office Preventive Officers KR Binod and Anu V Gopinath, Kottayam EI and IB Preventive Officer Ranjith K Nanthikat and Civil Excise Officers Hamlet, Rajitkrishna and Vijayarashmi
