Acting on information and armed with a search and arrest warrant, security men from the Farwaniya governorate raided an apartment in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and arrested a Sri Lankan woman for manufacturing and trading in alcohol, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

The woman is believed to be in her 50s. Police have also taken into custody two men for helping the bootlegger to sell the booze.

Police are said to have confiscated booze manufacturing equipment, 25 bottles of booze ready for sale and referred the trio to the authorities.