Women among 56 nabbed in Kandy illicit liquor raid

The Kandy Special Excise Unit arrested 56 suspects including eight women who had engaged in the sale of illicit liquor during the Kandy Perahera season.
They also seized a stock of kasippu and other illicit brew worth a street value of nearly Rs 400,000. The suspects had engaged in this illicit business in Kandy, Gampola and Pujapitiya areas in the Kandy District as well as areas in the Wayamba and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. Excise Unit officers also raided a kasippu distillery in Wayamba and seized 800 bottles of kasippu readied for dispatch to Kandy along with some distilling equipment. (Daily News)