A looted Tasmac outlet in Vellore

Liquor bottles and hard drives were stolen from a Tasmac outlet in Melpatti village. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

Thieves decamped with liquor bottles estimated to be worth ₹ 1.5 crore from a Tasmac outlet in Melpatti village on Wednesday.

Police said store manager V. Subash (38) and other employees opened the store around noon and saw the damaged lock at the store’s entrance. Employees also found several stolen alcohol bottle racks. The hard drives of the CCTV cameras fixed inside the sockets were missing and the cameras were damaged.

They alerted the Pernambut police, who took CCTV footage along the route where the shop was located. A case has been registered. A probe is underway.

Published – 30 Sep 2026 23:44 IST