48K ltrs lahan destroyed, 250 bottles of illicit liquor seized

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 17

In a crackdown against bootlegging and smuggling of illicit liquor, joint teams of the Jalandhar and Ludhiana Excise Department launched Operation Red Rose and raided various hideouts along the Sutlej on Friday. The teams succeeded in destroying 48,000 litres of lahan and seized 250 bottles of illicit liquor, 10 iron drums, plastic tarpaulins, rubber tubes and other utensils.

Giving more details, Assistant Commissioner (Excise), Jalandhar, Harsimrat Kaur Grewal said under the zero tolerance policy against the illicit liquor trade, teams of the Excise Department conducted raids along the Sutlej and subsequently seized and destroyed a huge amount of lahan and illicit liquor.

She said officials of both districts conducted raids in the Sidhwa Bait area falling in both sides of the river including Akuwal, Chandigarh Dia Channa, Behran, Thali Dia Channa, Gorsian Khan Muhammad and Madepur villages.

Grewal further said the department had initiated the procedure of filing an FIR against the cartels of this illegal trade. She said the department was on its mission against smuggling, bootlegging and manufacturing of illegal liquor as a large number of raids had been conducted recently after a huge recovery of illicit liquor.