Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Oct 3: The Vigilant officers and officials of Excise Department at Toll Post Lakhanpur today foiled a major attempt of smuggling of Liquor from outside State, when they detected a consignment of liquor containing 29 Boxes (348 bottles of 750 ml each of IMFL) in a vehicle bearing Registration No. PB06AT-9894.
Later the vehicle along with seized liquor were handed over to the Excise & Taxation Officer, Excise Range Kathua for further action under provisions of the Excise Act.
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The whole operation was supervised by Pardeep Singh Manhas, Deputy Excise Commissioner, Toll Post Lakhanpur and carried out by Excise and Taxation officers Rohit Sharma, Sandeep Gupta, Abdul Rehman, Suresh Sharma and Aamir Aiyaz Rather along with team of Excise Inspector Dheeraj Kumar and Naresh Gupta, Sub-Inspector , Sheikh Firdous and Excise Guard Charan Dass.
M. Raju, Excise Commissioner, J&K while appreciating the team of Toll Post Lakhanpur for its sustained efforts to tackle the smugglers and criminals, has enjoined upon them to carry on their special drive to thwart the nefarious designs of all such smugglers in future also.