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INDIA: DRUNK BUFFALOES EXPOSED MOONSHINE OPERATION IN DRY GUJARAT STATE
By Siulan Law Mathews DipWSET
9-7-2021
Credit: Purna Sreeramaneni/Unsplash
Three Indian farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat have been arrested for selling illegal alcohol after their own buffaloes got drunk on the moonshine they illegally produced.
Gujarat is a dry state, where the brewing, sale, consumption and transportation of alcohol is a prohibited offence that can invite hefty fines and even a ten-year jail term.
Three Gujarat-based brothers, who are farmers, hid moonshine in their buffaloes’ water container. According to the police, they made more than 100 bottles of moonshine, whiskey and vodka, worth around Rs 32,000 (USD428).
But last week, the farmers noticed their buffaloes jumping around uncontrollably. They started to “act strangely and their mouths started frothing,” police official Dilipsinh Baldev told AFP.
One of the farmers had called a vet. The following day, when the same buffaloes began vigorously jumping around their stable, the farmers called out another vet.
This second vet noticed a strange smell coming from the buffaloes’ trough, and discovered that the water inside had turned a curious shade of yellow.
According to the police, the farmers must have then realised what had actually happened, and tried to cover up the weirdly coloured water by saying it was a result of fallen branches.
But by then, the vet had realised that the water was actually laced with moonshine and reported them to the police.
The brothers were then arrested, and further investigation into the case is ongoing.
The police said the buffaloes are fine and have recovered from the hangover.
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