Police raid duplicate liquor factory, stores

Police have arrested three persons for producing and selling duplicate alcohol.

A  team  of   police  deployed  from  the  Kathmandu  Valley  Crime Investigation Office and a team from Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality-1 Kupandole, arrested them, including the owner, on Sunday.Niraj Upreti, a permanent resident of  Kalinchowk Rural Municipality  3,  in  Dolakha,  Dharmi  Gaudel,  a  permanent  resident of  Galyang Municipality 9 in Syangja, and Ganesh Bahadur  Ranamagar,  a  26-year-old  resident  of   Tinpatan  Rural Municipality 2 in Sindhuli, were arrested during a raid at the Next Taste Liquor Store running in Kupandole and its factory in Tikathali, Mahalaxmi Municipality-5, Lalitpur.

Among the arrestees, Gaudel was running another fake liquor store named ST Liquor Store at Mitranagar in Kathmandu. According to Senior Superintendent of   Police  (SSP)  of   the  Office Dr. Manoj KC, police investigation found that they were selling  fake  alcohol  under  the  name  of   various  domestic  and  foreign brands of  alcohol.

According to the police, it has been revealed that duplicate liquor is being sold at a lower rate than the market price of genuine liquor through the local stores.

Police said that Binod Karki, Gopal Pun  Magar and  Gaurav Tamang were absconding for the crime of making and black-mar-keting duplicate liquors of various domestic and foreign brands. Police recovered six bottles of  duplicate Golden Oak, 48 bot-tles  of   8848  Vodka,  420  bottles  of   Mughlan,  30  bottles  of   2020  Aphal, 92 bottles of  Khukuri Rum and 132 bottles of  Ruslan.