Police arrested two persons along with a large consignment of liquor worth Tk15.6 lakh from Patenga Sea Beach area early yesterday.
The arrestees are Md Mansur Alam, 32, son of Nur Alam, from Dakshin Para of Dakhsin Patenga, and Md Nasir, 36, son of Ayub Ali, of Maddham Para of the area, said police sources.
The haul included 1,250 bottles of beer, 280 bottles whisky, said CMP (Bandar zone) Assistant Commissioner Md Jahangir Alam.
During the drive, police also seized two CNG-run auto-rickshaws and a trawler.
The AC went on to say that they raided the place around 3:30am on a tip off and arrested the duo red handed while they were unloading the liquor from the trawler.