Five FIRs registered in illicit liquor recoveries by Excise department (East range)
Excise Department (East range) has got five First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in various police stations after seizing 143 boxes of illicit liquor and 186 bottles from different incidences.
City Air News
Mar 26, 2024 02:45
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Ludhiana, March 26, 2024: Excise Department (East range) has got five First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in various police stations after seizing 143 boxes of illicit liquor and 186 bottles from different incidences.
Assistant Excise Commissioner (Ludhiana East range) Dr Shivani Gupta said that teams led by Excise Officers Bhupinder Singh and Neeraj Kumar were already constituted by the department and continually working in the field to curb the menace of illicit liquor. She said that team comprising excise inspectors Manpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar, Satpal Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Surjeet Singh along with police recovered 186 bottles of country made liquor during a checking at naka. Similarly, another team led by excise inspector Gurpreet Singh Dhindsa and local police found 143 boxes of illicit liquor in Sherpur Kalan and a FIR was registered in Moti Nagar police station.
Gupta emphasized that the drive would be further intensified to stop the smuggling of illicit liquor. She solicited the support of the public and encouraged them to provide any information about illicit liquor smuggling or manufacturing on the helpline number 9875961126.
