Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Excise dept seizes 50,000 ltrs ‘lahan’
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Excise dept seizes 50,000 ltrs ‘lahan’
Ferozepur, May 23, 2024: In the wake of upcoming Lok Sabha Elections and in compliance of directions of higher authorities and in continuing our drive to curb the distillation of illicit liquor, today a joint Excise raid has conducted by Excise teams of Ferozepur and Taran Taran districts.
Such illegal liquor trade in the border villages is also a direct loss to the exchequer. The increasing sale of illicit liquor also affects the business of licensed liquor vends in the region, which hit the revenue of liquor contractors.
The illicit liquor trade goes unabated in the border villages being cheaper and more affordable as compared to regular whisky for the poor, who continue to consume without bothering for its adverse effect on health which sometimes claim lives also.
The teams comprising of Excise Officers Rajnish Batra and Inderjit Sehzara, Excise Inspectors Rajbir Singh, Mohit Gupta, Karandeep Singh, and Gurpreet Singh, along with excise police Officials of both the districts, conducted the joint operation.
The raids were conducted in villages Kirian and Marar located on banks of river beas and Satluj bordering both the districts. It started at about 9.00 am and drones were used to locate the ‘lahan’, tarpals and hidden places where ‘lahan’ is distilled.
With the help drones 10 plastic tarpals were located containing more than 50000 litres of ‘lahan’. Four drums containing ‘lahan’ and other apparatus have been recovered. Apart from this four stills, were found from where 250 litres of illicit liquor has also been recovered. The recovered illicit liquor and lahar reported to have been destroyed on the spot on the earth to avoid its misuse.
To conduct this raid special permission and assistance was sought from Forest department and two officials of Forest department Kamaljit Singh, Range Officer and Smt. Rajwinder Kaur also joined the operation. Meanwhile, FIR at Police Station Chohala Sahab will be registered to proceed for further investigations.
None of the criminals involved in this trade were available at the recovery points. However, our teams are working to unearth more such activities and to nab the accused and action will be taken as per the law.
