Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 21: Excise Department continued raids and destroyed 60 litres of lahan.
As per official spokesman, continuing the raids to check offences under the Excise Act, the Department conducted series of raids in Doda, Poonch, Jammu, Udhampur, Samba and Kathua district.
A raiding team recovered 60 litres of lahan in Excise Sub Range RS Pura and destroyed it.
Around 100 vehicles were checked at random on highways to keep watch over smuggling of drugs and other contrabands.
Those who participated in the operation included ETO South Nipun Tickoo, ETO North Nagesh Singh, ETO Samba Suraj Prakash, ETO Kathua Virender Kumar, ETO Udhampur Rupali Vaid, ETO Doda Nayeem Mughal, ETO Rajouri Virender Pawar alongwith Inspectors Renu Sharma, Farooq Chowdary, Bikramjeet Singh, Arif Hussain, Tariq Hussain, Arun Kumar, Razi Ahmad and Rahul Augustum.
Pertinently on knowing about the seizure of liquor at samba by police, The Excise Commissioner Rajesh Shavan has appreciated the police and asked the ETO to also launch requisite proceedings in case as mandated under the Act.
He also asked the concerned incharge of police station to report the proceedings to concerned Deputy Commissioner Excise as mandated under the Act for further proceedings.
The Commissioner has further directed all the ETOs to share the proceedings of such cases on day to day basis, enabling the department to compile a data of habitual offenders and violators of Act.
Commissioner Rajesh Shavan stressed for eliminating root cause of illicit trade in professional and technical way.
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