Excise officials discover gun factory operating from liquor warehouse near Patna

Excise Department raided a factory in Jivanchak village after getting a tip-off that some persons were involved in illegal liquor smuggling in the dry state. In the raid, police found illegal gun factory also and seizure of nearly 850 litres of liquor.

Patna:An illegal gun and liquor factory was unearthed in Jivanchak village during an Excise Department raid.

The Excise Department sleuths discovered the gun factory while conducting the raid on a tip-off that some persons of Jivanchak village under Deedarganj police station in rural Patna were involved in illegal liquor smuggling in the dry state.

"The raid also led to the seizure of nearly 850 litres of liquor, kept in 95 boxes, and arrest of a 46-year-old woman, Baby Devi," said Additional Excise Inspector Prahlad Prasad Bhushan.

An official said that the raiding team "was stunned" to discover a mini-gun factory operating from the warehouse where the liquor was kept.

"A country-made rifle, two pistols, ammunition and equipment used for the manufacture of these guns have also been seized," the excise official said.

"Baby Devi was involved in the business along with his husband Anil Singh, two sons Rajesh and Ajit and associates Manish Yadav, Baskit Yadav and Raju Yadav. A search is on for them," Bhushan added.

Sale and consumption of liquor were completely banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016.