Police recover 21,100 ltrs ‘lahan’ in Ferozepur border villages
Police recover 21,100 ltrs ‘lahan’ in Ferozepur border villages
Ferozepur, February 28, 2021: As part of the strategy to tighten the noose on the nefarious activities taking place in the Ferozepur zone, a raid was conducted in the enclaves of river Satluj, near Village Habib-ke, Ferozepur, leading to recovery of 21,100 ltrs of Lahan.
Working swiftly on a tip-off, the police patrolling team recovered 21,000 liters ‘lahan’ from border village Habib Ke and to avoid its misuse, it was destroyed on the spot.
Added here, the police and excise officials had been active after the hooch incident in Amritsar and Tarn Taran taking more than 100 lives.
In another two raids, Jaswinder Singh of Arif Ke was arrested with 40 lit illicit liquor and Balvir Singh of Talwandi Bhai with recover of 80 lit lahan.
Giving this information, Joginder Singh informed that a case under Sections 61/1/14 of Excise Act has been registered against five persons namely Kali, Veeru, Dara Singh, Bohri and Ashok Kumar resident of village Ali Ke. A tip-off was received that these persons are doing the business of brewing illicit liquor on the banks of River and if raided, huge quantity of ‘lahan’ can be recovered.
He said, the police have been informed in this regard to register a case. No arrest could be made at the time of the raid, as none was available at the spot where this illegal work was going on.
Senior police official said, the department was keeping a strict vigil to check the working stills of country-made illicit liquor and to wipe out this menace, the campaign against the mischievous elements involved in this trade would be a regular feature on the basis of inputs and tip-offs about brewing illicit liquor and they will not be spared to face the music of law.
