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The Kerala State Beverages Corporation currently has 270 outlets in the state.
Had the more than 200 blocked vacancies been reported in time, Anu, a native of Karaikkonam in Thiruvananthapuram, would have got a job.
The toddy brought from Chittoor was inspected at Cherthala excise range office by personnel who do not work in the office there.
The controversy erupted after the Congress last week accused the LDF government for flouting norms in issuing licenses to three breweries in Kannur, Palakkad and Ernakulam and a distillery in Thrissur.
Pinarayi Vijayan's attempt to give a utilitarian gloss to the brewery decision has been rejected by opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala.
While BevQ's glitches and operational inconsistencies marred the first day of alcohol sale in Kerala, the shortage of stock at various bars in the state on Friday let many to deem their joy short-lived.
Crores defrauded by women liquor importers ploughed into films
The four had purchased the ganja and the oil from Andhra Pradesh and were bringing them in the trucks under the guise of transporting chicken.
The accused were trying to smuggle 11.5 kg of hashish oil and 2.5 kg of ganja by hiding them in the secret chambers of the car boot.
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