Four Arrested with Fake Branded Liquor Including Black Label

May 19, Kathmandu – A team from the Armed Police Force Nepal raided a location in Lalitpur manufacturing counterfeit branded liquor and arrested four individuals. The police seized fake bottles of Red Label, Black Label, and various other brand liquors from a house in Mahalaxmi Municipality-7, Changathali, Lalitpur, where the suspects were apprehended.

The Armed Police Force stated that, acting on special information received from the Nepal Intelligence Bureau, they conducted the raid at the residence of Birkha Bahadur Tamang in Changathali.

Those arrested include 30-year-old Manoj Khatri from Khandadevi Rural Municipality-2, Ramechhap; 28-year-old Binod Tamang from Khimti Rural Municipality, Ramechhap; 26-year-old Bibek Tamang; and 22-year-old Chhiden Nima Tamang from Bahrabise Municipality-6, Sindhupalchok, according to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Vishnu Prasad Bhatt, the spokesperson for the Armed Police Force.

Additionally, the police recovered chemicals and equipment used in liquor production, as well as revenue stickers and holograms from the site.