Sri Lanka, June 29 -- A group of officers from the Western Province North Crime Division arrested six suspects during a raid on a large-scale illegal brewery operated under the guise of a drinking water business, according to the Police Headquarters.

The raid took place yesterday (28) in the Sudarshana Road area within the Dompe, Kaduwela police division.

The police team acted on a secret tip-off to conduct the raid, arresting the six suspects alongside a stock of illicit liquor and a large quantity of manufacturing equipment.

The items seized by the police included 18,575 bottles of 180ml (3,345.5 litres of liquor) labelled as local liquor, four 1000ml bottles labelled as foreign liquor, one 750ml bottle of illicit liquor, one 750ml b...