Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 21: In order to curb the menace of illicit distillation of liquor, illegal smuggling of liquor from other States, the J&K Excise Department has intensified raids/ checking of various locations/premises to check the offences/ crimes being committed.
Under the active supervision of Excise Commissioner, J&K T. Angchuk and Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu Mr. Shahid Saleem, raids have been conducted in district Kathua to arrest the menace of illicit distillation. Raids were conducted in Tarat Sanji and Lower Sakta Chak areas and in the process more than nine hundred kilo grams of Lahan has been recovered and destroyed. The Excise sleuths under the command of ETO, Kathua Sandeep Gupta carried the raids.
The J&K Excise Department has re-energized and activated the Eradication and Enforcement Wing Jammu to act as flying squad to take action, as provided under law, on any complaint regarding violation of Excise Law.