BEVCO staff takes Bribes from private liquor brands,arrested

EDAPPAL: BEVCO staff who took bribes from private liquor brands have been arrested. A sudden vigilance inspection in the Edappal BEVCO outlet proved costly for the staff who had with him an unaccounted sum of Rs 18,600. The staff used to take bribes from private liquor brands to sell their products via BEVCO outlets. According to police, the arrested staff used to persuade customers into buying these private-liquor brands reasoning that the BEVCO-owned brands went out of stock. He also admitted that the unaccounted money was kept to distribute to eight of his coworkers in the outlet.

Recently, another BEVCO staff with illegal alcohol was arrested from Idukki. He used to transport illegal alcohol from Ernakulam to Idukki to mint profits.