400 bottles of liquor worth Rs 21,000 seized on dry day

: Nearly 400 bottles of liquor worth Rs 21,000 have been seized by election officials from near state run TASMAC liquor shops at various places in the district on Mahaveer Jayanthi day.
Government had ordered closure of liquor shops yesterday as it was Mahaveer Jayanthi and banned sales.
Based on a complaint, election officials raided an area behind a Tasmac shop in Chokkanur, coming under Kinathakadavu assembly constituency and seized 230 bottles of 180 ML and Rs 20,175 from there.
Similarly, 84 liquor bottles and Rs 750 in cash were seized at two areas coming under Pollachi constituency, official sources said.

The department, with police assistance, seized 60 bottles from two places in Ramanathapuram and Puliyakulam here, they said, adding cases had been registered.