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We have also booked 24 cases,” B Subba Rao, superintendent of prohibition and excise, Gajuwaka, said in a note to the Visakhapatnam district collector on Saturday. The public can register their complaints if they observe liquor flooding in neighbourhoods on 0891-2550241. The department had also set up 10 route watches to ensure that liquor was not being transported illegally from neighbouring districts and states.Rao said that the department had set up a district control room under the the excise superintendent of Visakhapatnam. Visakhapatnam: The prohibition and excise department in Gajuwaka has seized liquor worth Rs 53 lakh since the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the general and state assembly elections on March 10, triggering the model of code of conduct.Andhra Pradesh will go to the polls on April 11 to elect 175 members of the state assembly and 25 Lok Sabha members.“The department has conducted 31 raids over the past six days and arrested 24 people for illegally trying to stock-up on liquor. The department has seized 10,152 bottles of beer and 4,443 bottles of India-Made Liquor (IML), taking the total seizure to 10,596 bottles.“Apart from the seizures, the department also inspected all the liquor stores and bars in the Gajuwaka jurisdiction to ensure that they are not stocking up on beer and IML on behalf of political parties, which could be supplied to voters to influence their voting choices,” Subba Rao said..