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Police have arrested seven people in connection with the case.
Scores of others are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Puducherry and Salem.
Alur police said the illicit liquor and spirit were recovered from a facility set up in a chicken farm run by the accused.
The action was taken based on a tip-off the Excise Commissioner's central squad received that production of illicit liquor would go up during the Christmas-New Year season.
Manorama News reported that 1200 litre of illicit liquor was seized from the unit.
The bottles had been stored to sell secretly as it is a holiday for liquor outlets on Sunday and Monday (October 2).
The incident occurred at Ekkiyarkuppam at Marakanam near Villupuram on Saturday night.
The CM said the government's prohibition policy was a response to the cries of the women of the state. He further said if people drink spurious liquor, they will die.
Two persons were arrested by an intelligence wing of the excise department.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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