Anantapur: In this regard earlier the Deputy Commissioner of Excise and Prohibition had the power to destroy illicit liquor. As the power is vested to District SPs through a gazette notification, under the supervision of SP Anantapur.
The D. Hirehal Police and SEB officials destroyed Karnataka Tetra packets and liquor bottles which had the capacity to hold 4860 liters, seized in 290 NDPL cases, worth of about 18 lakhs in a private venture near D. Hirehal with a JCB.