Illegal homemade liquor producers get busted
Law-enforcement agencies have busted an illegal liquor-making unit functioning from a house in the northern areas of the country and seized large quantities of the dangerous brew that was stocked up for sale.
Ministry of Interior first posted about the operation and how the authorities caught the producers on their Facebook page on Thursday.
A police patrol from Al Shamal Public Security Department was on a routine round in the area when they sighted a vehicle and became suspicious.
The team approached the vehicle and thought they would ask its driver to show his ID as a routine check.
So they waved at the driver to stop, which he did, but instead of waiting for the policemen to come near him, he took to his heels.
The policemen, now sure that there was some foul play, gave the driver a chase, caught up with him and overpowered him.
The policemen searched the vehicle and to their horror discovered some 350 plastic bottles, each of 1.5-litre capacity, filled with what was suspected to be illicit liquor.
The policemen asked the driver, an Asian, about it and he confessed the illicit liquor stock was meant for sale and that he was involved with two fellow Asians in distilling illicit liquor in a house.
The man was taken into custody and a little later, after taking legal recourse, a police party, in coordination with Al Faza and CID sleuths, raided the place and busted the liquor-making den.
There, a distilling unit was seen functioning and stocked up were 1,220 plastic bottles filled with the brew. Also kept were big barrels, each of 200-litre capacity, filled with the illicit liquor.
The two Asian accomplices of the driver were taken into custody.
Also seized were equipment and raw materials for use to distil illicit liquor. The trio had been brewing illicit liquor in large quantities for sale.
They were referred to Public Prosecution for investigation and action, according to a news item on the website of the Ministry of Interior. [The Peninsula]
MM: ask Humbles . She can go through two litres without gulping for air - so I've heard
MM: ask Humbles . She can go through two litres without gulping for air - so I've heard
Is that true ? ............. ........ Wed, 17.06.2015, 09.26 hrs ..
Two ltires and day is nothing to most drinkers
MM, Amazing calculation & you gave Anonymous the date till his stock can last , great.
The short-supply of cheap liquor will bring extra profits to those involved in bootlegging who purchase the bottles legally and then supply them through the underground market. Surely, they will be doing good business and must already be jumping all over after hearing the news of this den getting busted!
'Ang em. 'Ang em high!
If you hide the treasure from everybody else then 200000 ml / 500 ml = 400 days ....... enough till July 20th 2016 ........ Mon , 15.06.2015, 08.52 hrs
200 litres in total & if you consume 2 litres for you & your boss and some staff / day .......... 100 days will pass by easily ....... Mon , 15.06.2015, 08.47 hrs
Anion, You could have party for one hundred days straight ......... .............. ............... Mon , 15.06.2015, 08.46 hrs
Imagine If I only have at least one drum of that in my room :P
Exactly ...... Accha ............. ................... Mon, 15.06.2015, 07.14 hrs
The stocks show that it was a major supply center and there was a good demand for the item. With the supply line now having been cut off, this weekend and several more to follow will surely be a "dry" one for many!
They are quite organised & seems to be familiar with hygiene as we see all the drums are fully covered ......... we can see a strict quality control in their work ...... .................. ................. .................. ....................... Sun , 14.06.2015, 09.39 hrs
Ishu, Poison is poison for everybody, it will affect their health in a negative way , they may have families back home , they will suffer also , we need to correct these gentlemen & bring them back at normal path .................. ........... they don't deserve torture but eductation for a decent way to earn a living .......... Sun , 14.06.2015, 09.34 hrs
make them drink the same stuff all what they can and pour in more and more
Great catch up. Now it is the role of department duty that on which visa they are entering into the country and what they actually do.
Seem link this business they run for many years ? They have to catch their sponsor too and send them back to home with penalty. They should be GCC banned.
Good work! My appreciation to all those involved in stopping this illegal activity. Their action saves lives.