Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 22: Excise Department arrested five persons including two women and destroyed 1030 litres of illicit liquor.
As per official spokesperson, in order to curb the menace of illicit distillation of liquor, illegal smuggling of liquor from other States, the sleuths of J&K Excise Department under the supervision of Excise Commissioner, J&K T Angchuk and Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu Shahid Saleem, conducted raids in Kakyal and Lower Budhi areas of district Kathua.
The team recovered 750 litres of illicit liquor and later destroyed it.
The Excise sleuths under the command of ETO, Kathua Sandeep Gupta carried the raids.
In district Rajouri, raids were conducted in Chakli Bagla, Seri, Sasalkote, Mohra, Jawahar Nagar, Dhanma, Dhani Dhar, Dalhori, Bal, Chingus, Agrati and Nowshera areas.
In the process five persons were arrested under J&K Excise Act. They have been identified as Sanjay Kumar, son of Prem Das of Sasalkote, Paramjit Kour, wife of late Janail Singh of Chakli Bagal, Gurnam Kour, wife of Gurbachan Singh of Chakli Bagla, Gandhaab Singh, son of Chur Singh of Seri and Joginder Nath, son of Ram Lal of Seri. From their possession, 280 litres of illicit liquor was recovered which was destroyed later.
The raids were conducted by a team headed by ETO Rajouri Sheraz Ahmed.
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