Angul: In a major crackdown on illicit liquor trade, Angul police on Friday unearthed a large-scale fake India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) manufacturing unit operating near Shikshakpada Sai Temple in the city. Thousands of counterfeit liquor bottles were being produced here and supplied across Odisha.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Angul Town Police Station and the Special Squad, led by Town PS IIC Dhirendra Das, raided a house where the illegal unit was running. The police found production in full swing, with workers bottling spurious liquor in containers of popular brands.

A total of 1,816 bottles—around 330 litres—were seized along with 55 litres of spirit, a large cache of empty bottles, flavouring agents, colours, labels, and brand stickers. Two persons were detained on the sp

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