Amaravati, Feb 5 (TIWN) In the run up to the forthcoming rural local body polls in Andhra Pradesh, the state police are busy seizing liquor and destroying arrack production facilities after deferring the administration of coronavirus vaccine jab on police personnel.

"According to the national vaccination programme, police personnel should be vaccinated as frontline workers. But as the elections are round the corner, the police have sacrificed it. Everybody should remember this," Director General of Police (DGP) Gautam Sawang said recently.  Sawang added that he is proud of the commitment shown by the policemen.  The Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) of the police is busy cracking down on the model code of conduct violators and has taken all appropriate steps to control crime in view of the local body elections.  Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) rank officers are coordinating all the enforcement activities of SEB in the districts.  Until Tuesday, the SEB booked 1,107 cases, arrested 568 persons, seized 10,138 litres of ID liquor, destroyed more than 5.62 lakh litres of fermented wash and seized 73 vehicles.