Excise sleuths conduct raids in Kathua, destroy 900 kgs of Lahan

Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Dec 14: Excise Department destroyed 900 kgs of Lahan during different raids carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of liquor in Excise Range Kathua.
On the directions of the Excise Commissioner, Talat Parvez Rohella and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu Shagun Sharma, ETO, Savita Chouhan the excise team comprising of ETO Eradication, Virender Singh Billawria along with Inspector, Enforcement, Office of Excise Commissioner, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, Range Inspectors, Excise, Razi Ahmad and Arun Kumar, SI, Vikas Khajuria, Sanjeev Kumar, Naveen Sharma and Excise guards Rajinder Singh, Shamsher Dev Singh, Aqil Ahmad,Tarsem Singh and Vijay Kumar raided the Chibba Chak area of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor.
In the process more than 900 kgs of Lahan raw material of illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious for health was recovered by the raiding team from State land and later destroyed on spot.