Summary:
Tarn Taran April 9In a special drive launched against illicit liquor trade here on Friday joint teams of the Excise Department and the district police seized a huge quantity of lahan illicit liquor and related goods from four villages of the border belt. The operation was launched under the supervision of Excise Officer Navjot Bharti and DSP (Operation) Iqbal Singh when Excise Inspectors Amrik Singh Jatinder Singh and Purshotam Pathania headed the searching teams. Excise Officer Navjot Bharti said on the instructions of Rajat Aggarwal Commissioner Excise and Taxation Department Punjab the operation was conducted in Cheema Kalan Pandori Ran Singh Pandori Sidhwan and Kot Dharam Chand Kalan and as many as 16 houses were searched. The teams seized 34120 kg of lahan 427500 ml of illicit liquor one working still two burners 34 drums three containers and a 20-foot-long pipe being used for distillation of iIlicit liquor. Cases under Sections 61 1 and 14 of the Excise Act had been registered..