Man brewing illicitly distilled arrack held

Coimbatore: A 36-year-old man was arrested for transporting illicitly distilled arrack to Tirupur from Sulthanpet in Coimbatore on a motorcycle.
The Kamanaickenpalayam police in Tirupur district identified the accused as S Sundhararaj, a resident of Periya Vadambacherry in Coimbatore. Owner of a powerloom unit, he was a YouTuber and working with a radio station in the past.
An official source said Sulthanpet police sub-inspector Kuppuraj and team had on Monday morning attempted to arrest Sundhararaj based on a tip that he was brewing illicitly distilled arrack at Periya Vadambacherry. “However, he managed to escape on the motorcycle.”
The team found 75 litres of fermented wash, three litres of illicitly distilled arrack, cookers and other raw materials from a place adjacent to his house and seized them. The Sulthanpet police also registered a first information report against Sundhararaj.
Meanwhile, the Kamanaickenpalayam police stopped Sundhararaj during a vehicle check on Kamanaickenpalayam-Karadivavi road in the afternoon and found six litres of illicitly distilled arrack in his motorcycle. “They subsequently arrested Sundhararaj and seized his motorcycle,” the source said.