The officers in the Excise Station of Galle succeeded in arresting 6 persons with lakth of rupees worth of kassippu and brewing instruments from kassippu brewing dens, which were carried out  for a long time near the Islands of Madu Ganaga at Balapitiya.

The officers of Tangalle Excise Station recently succeeded in taking into custody a quantity of illicit liquor worth nearly Rs. 500,000 after rounding up four large scale illicit liquor breweries which had been distributing illicit liquor to a number of areas in the southern region.