Excise officials have found themselves in a spot after liquor started reeking from the water taps inside a residential building in Kerala, reported Manorama Online.

Residents of Solomon’s Avenue Flat in Chalakudy have lodged complaints after a liquor disposal attempt by officials contaminated the nearby well used for water by the flat residents, the report added.

The drama unfolded after the 18 families residing in the flat discovered liquor, instead of water coming out of their taps, the report said. ‘Their search led them to a bunch of excise sleuths whose attempt to destroy seized liquor had gone horribly wrong,’ said the report.

The officials had seized 6,000 litres of unlawfully stored liquor from a nearby bar six years ago, the report said. They dug a pit in the premise and poured into it the content inside the liquor bottles after the court gave the go-ahead to destroy the liquor, the report added.

The poured liquor later seeped into the nearby well contaminating the water. This water from the well was pumped into the tank of the flat leading to all the troubles, the report said.