Excise Department destroyed 06 pouches of illicit liquor and 500 Kgs of Lahan during different raids carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of illicit liquor in Excise Range Kathua.
On the directions of the Excise Commissioner, Mr Rajesh Kumar Shavan and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. Amarjeet Singh, a team of Eradication Wing Jammu led by ETO, Eradication Wing, Jammu Sh Narinder Singh and comprising of Inspector Excise Dr. Anil Kumar, SI Naveen Sharma & Kulbhushan Manhas & Excise Guard Vikas Baboria raided the Amb-Ghati & Buddhi areas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor.
In the process, 06 pouches of illicit liquor and 500 Kgs of Lahan, raw material of illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious to health was recovered by the raiding team from state land & later destroyed on the spot.