BHABUA, March 12 -- Police arrested five members of a liquor mafia gang in Kaimur district on Wednesday following an armed attack on a prohibition team, officials said.

The incident took place under the Chand police station limits when a prohibition department team had gone to conduct a raid based on a tip-off. Arms, ammunition and vehicles used in the attack were also seized during the operation.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Hari Mohan Shukla said that acting on information about the arrival of a huge consignment of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from the Uttar Pradesh side, a prohibition team led by assistant sub-inspector Anuj Kumar set up a blockade at the Mahadaich check post on Tuesday night.

At around 1.30 am, the team notic...