Bapatla district police and SEB officials destroyed 33,632 liquor bottles worth ₹62 lakh with a roadroller at Addanki in the district. Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal personally supervised the operation.
The SP said that in the last two years, the SEB and police officers in the district conducted intensive raids and inspections and seized a large amount of domestic and local illicit liquor.
In all, 1,824 cases were registered at the SEB and police stations in the district and 33,632 bottles of liquor of various brands, worth around ₹62 lakh, were destroyed.