A liquor distillery operated in large-scale

Officers of the Police Special Task Force of the Gonahena camp raided an illegal liquor distillery being run in a house on Maya Terrace Mawatha in Kiribathgoda Police Area on the afternoon of 23.01.2025.

The officers were able to find 4975 bottles of liquor with the capacity of180 ml, manufactured using the name and labels of a government-approved well-known liquor manufacturing company, 228 liters of liquor to be bottled, 110 liters of ethanol, a bottle sealing machine and many other tools and equipment. Along with these, 06 suspects aged between 27-37 years who were present at the place were taken into custody.

The suspects have been identified as residents of Nuwara Eliya, Nawalapitiya, Kiribathgoda, Bombuwala and Kurunegala areas, and all the seized property, including equipment and alcohol, have been handed over to the Offier in Charge of the Excise Department, Ja Ela station, for further investigation.

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