Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 20: Excise Department destroyed nine hundred litres of illicit liquor and arrested a person during raids in Jammu and Doda districts.
As per official spokesperson, in order to curb the menace of illicit distillation of liquor and its smuggling 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 RS Pura and Bishnah areas of Jammu district.
In the process more than seven 700 litres of illicit liquor was destroyed in the Jammu district by the Excise sleuths under the command of ETO, Excise Range South Jammu Nayeem Mughal and ETO Eradication Suresh Kumar.
The team conducted surprise raids in Deoli, Makhanpur, Salehar, Dablehar, Kotli Charkan, Kotli Mian Fateh, Phinder and Sikanderpur areas of RS Pura and Bishnah tehsils. One person namely Darshan Lal, son of Sardari Lal of Kotli Charkan was arrested for possessing one bottle of illicit liquor and was booked under relevant Sections of law.
In district Doda, similar raids were conducted in Bhaderwah and Bhalessa areas and 200 litres of illicit liquor was recovered and destroyed. The raid was conducted under the command of Inspector Towseef Mustafa.
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