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Cops use drone to track hooch makers

Turning to technology to nab hooch makers who are trying to make easy money as liquor shops are closed, the officials from the Prohibition Enforcement Wing of the State police deployed drone camera to scan the difficult to reach areas in Tiruneermalai and Anakaputhur, on Monday.

Cops use drone to track hooch makers
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A drone camera scanning the hill, farmlands and lakebeds in Tiruneermalai and Anakaputhur

Chennai

Six persons have been arrested for distilling arrack.

The closure of Tasmac liquor retail shops ever since the shutdown has hit the addicts hard. Many have turned to almost anything that contains alcohol, often with disastrous results. Spotting this as an opportunity to make a quick buck, a few in Tiruneermalai, once a haven for hooch makers, have started preparing arrack. They do this in the hilly area or in the lakebed. A few days ago, the Shankar Nagar police had arrested two men while they were preparing arrack. On Saturday, two persons identified as Dilli Ganesh (34) and Venkatesan (38) were arrested for preparing arrack in Tiruneermalai. On Monday evening, the police used a drone camera to scan the hill, farmlands and lakebeds to check if any were preparing arrack.

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