Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 16: Excise Department has destroyed 30 litres of illicit liquor and 100 kilograms of lahan viz conducted surprised checking in some parts of the Jammu Division.
As per official spokesman, in continuation to the drive, surprised checks were made in some parts of Jammu Division by the sleuths of Excise Department.
In one operation in Tehsil RS Pura, about 30 litres of illicit liquor and 100 kilograms of lahan were destroyed, spokesman said, adding that the offenders on seeing the raiding party abandoned the liquor and lahan and fled from the spot.
However, identification and search for the offenders is underway, the spokesman informed.
In Kathua, the ETO and his team laid surprise check on the Jammu Pathankot National Highway near Lakhanpur to check the vehicles for the detection of liquor and drugs smuggling.
Similarly in Udhampur Range, the Excise Department officials inspected wine shops and bars namely Khayyam Wine Shop Udhampur, Golden Traders (Wine Shop) Garhi Udhampur, Highway Wine Shop, Thanda Paddar, Good Morning Bar, Chopra Shop, Hotel Madhuban Bar Udhampur, Shiv Hotel Bar and Restaurant Udhampur and laid random checks on Katra Domail road, the spokesman maintained.
As per the Excise Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Shavan, such checking will remain a daily affair of the organization and there will be zero tolerance against the violations and the drugs smuggling. He said that the Department will work jointly on this issue with sister organizations so that the drug smuggling is curtailed.
In furtherance of this step, he held a comprehensive meeting with the officers of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of J&K Zone, from whom he expected sharing of intelligence and trainings to the Excise Department officials.
Those who participated in these three special operations included ETO South Nipun Tickoo, ETO Eradication Narinder Singh, ETO Udhampur Rupali Vaid, ETO Kathua Range Virender Kumar along with Excise Inspectors Dr Anil Kumar, Ashwani Sharma, Mukul Sharma, Rahul Augustum, Raj Singh, Arun Kumar, Razi Ahmad and Aman Sharma.
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