Police recovers illicit wine

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: Police in South Kashmir’s Bijbehara area of Anantnag district today recovered dozens of illicit wine bottles.
Police sources said that after receiving specific information, a police team headed by SHO Bijbehara, Nisar Ahmad, recovered 35 bottles of Whisky Royal Stag from Bashir Ahmad Dar, son of Habib Dar, resident of Gadi Hanjipora in Bijbehara.
Confirming the recovery, the SHO said: “Bashir used to supply the wine among youths of the area. After receiving information, we conducted a raid and recovered these bottles from his confinement.”
The officer said they have registered a case under FIR number 216/2014 and started further investigations.