THOUBAL, June 26 -- Thoubal District Police seized a huge quantity of illicit liquor from different parts of the district in a drive conducted today. The drive was conducted under the overall supervision of SP- Thoubal, S. Ibomcha.

According to police sources, a team of personnel from Nongpok Sekmai-PS conducted a special drive at the areas of Nongpok Sekmai and the stretch leading to Gwarok Maring khul. During the drive, the police conducted a raid at the residence of one Angom Garu, 45, son of (late) Amujao and recovered a 17 buckets filled with fermented rice which was meant to be used in the production of Distilled Indigenous Country (DIC) liquor. However, Amujao managed to escape after he saw the police team arriving; but the seized...