: A spurious liquor manufacting unit was busted today by Prohibition Enforcement Wing police at Suripalayam village, 12 km from here and arrested two persons.
Rectified Spirit kept in 104 plastic cans,each containing 35 litres and 9072 bottles of spurious brandy kept ready for transport were seized, police said.
The exact value of the seizure was being ascertained, they said.
Saleof 'seconds' and 'thirds' liquor, illicit liquor,
defence quota, liquor smuggled from neighbouring states and those bought from duty-free shops in airports are not normally included by Beverages Corporation while compiling these figures.
Findings show that around 32.9 lakh people out of the 3.34 crore total population in the state consume liquor. This comprises 29.8 lakh men and 3.1 lakh women.
Around five lakh people consume liquor on a daily basis.
Of this, around 83,851 people including 1043 women are addicted to alcohol, according to the report.
After the new liquor policy came into existence, Kerala has quit its position as the state with highest per capita consumption of foreign liquor in India.
