Excise Deptt recovers 1200 Kg Lahan, destroyed | | | Early Times Report Kathua, Jan 23: In order to curb the menace of illicit distillation of liquor, illegal smuggling of liquor from other States, the J&K Excise Department conducted raids in illicit distillation hubs in kathua and recovered 1200 kg Lahan and destroyed. Under the active supervision of Excise Commissioner, J&K T Angchuk and Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu Shahid Saleem, raids have been conducted in district Kathua to arrest the menace of illicit distillation. Raids were conducted in Barnoti and Upper SaktaChak areas and in the process more than twelve hundred kilo grams of Lahan has been recovered and destroyed. The Excise sleuths under the command of ETO; Kathua Sandeep Gupta carried the raids. The J&K Excise Department has re-energized and activated the all the Ranges and especially Eradication and Enforcement Wing Jammu to act as flying squad to take action, as provided under law, on any complaint regarding violation of Excise Law. |
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