Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, 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 has intensified raids/ checking of various locations/premises to check the same and initiate action against the people involved in the trade.
Under the active supervision of Excise Commissioner, 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 Sakta Chak 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 all the ranges 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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