Embilipitiya Excise Officers have arrested 16 suspects with 372 litres of illegal liquor, a set of distilling equipment and several packets of foreign cigarettes on February 28. They were produced before Embilipitiya Additional Magistrate’s Court and fined Rs. 115,500.
The accused are residents of Gageyaya, Kolobageara, Pallebedda, Kadurugasara, Bulutota, Thunkama and Moraketiya.
A team of exercise officers led by Excise Officers R.A. Sarathchandra, Prasad Manjula carried out the raid.
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