LUCKNOW, May 17 -- The excise department busted an illegal bar-like facility during a raid at a restaurant near Husadia crossing in the state capital late Friday night, officials said.

Four individuals were arrested on the spot and a case was registered against six, including the restaurant owners, for illegally serving liquor without obtaining a bar licence or per-day event licence from the department, officials said, adding foreign liquor and beer was being served illegally at the restaurant.

During the raid, the excise team recovered 56 cans and 12 bottles (330 ml) of beer, seven bottles of foreign liquor, peg measures, a bar menu, and liquor sale bills, officials said.

Excise officials said that a case had been filed against the re...