22,500-lt illicit liquor, 760-kg lahan seized
Our Correspondent
Tarn Taran, May 5
A joint team of the district police and the excise department on Wednesday raided two border-area villages. Under the operation, two working stills were seized and 760-kg lahan and 22,500-lt illicit liquor was recovered.
Excise Officer (EO) Navjot Bharti said DSP Iqbal Singh, Excise Inspector Amrik Singh and Jatinder Singh headed the teams comprising of 32 employees from both the departments. Two accused were arrested and two of their associates were absconding.
Bharti said the teams conducted raids in Mahneke and Varnala village. Besides one working still, 18,750 ml of illicit liquor and 530 kg of lahan was recovered from the house of Amarjit Singh and his brother Gurlal Singh of Mahneke village. Amarjit Singh was arrested while his brother fled the spot.
The EO added in Varnala village, the teams recovered one working still, 3,750 ml of illicit liquor and 230 kg of lahan. Among the accused, Gurcharan Singh was arrested while Major Singh was absconding.The accused had been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act by the Bhikhiwind police. The seized lahan was destroyed on the spot.
