Early Times Report Kathua, Oct 1: Excise Department destroyed 05 litres of illicit liquor & 650 Kgs of Lahan during different raids carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of liquor in Excise Range Kathua. On the directions of the Excise Commissioner M. Raju and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. Amarjeet Singh, ETO Rafie Naik a team of Excise Range Kathua comprising of Inspectors Excise Arun Kumar, Razi Ahmed, SI Amit Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar & Excise guards Rajinder Singh, Hans Raj & Jyoti Prakash Sharma raided the Budhi, Sonthali, Chibbachak & Labdhuchak areas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor. In the process 05 litres of illicit liquor & 650 Kgs of Lahan, raw material of illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious for health was recovered by the raiding team from state land & later destroyed on spot. |