7,000 litres of lahan recovered in Harike

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, August 26

The district police on Wednesday seized 7,000 litres of ‘lahan’ from the mand area of Marrar village in Harike alongside Satluj river in an operation carried out with the help of drones equipped with sophisticated cameras.

SSP Dhruman Nimbale said the police team recovered seven boats from the spot. Six working stills were also destroyed at the site. The raiding party seized 7,000 litres of lahan, the SSP said. Based on vital inputs obtained through drone cameras, 125 officials of the Tarn Taran police, in close coordination with the Excise Department and the Forest Department of Punjab, conducted raids in the mand area early this morning. The massive search operation was launched in the marshy area with the help of drones mounted with HD cameras to pinpoint the exact location of the working stills and activity of suspicious persons in the grassland. Trained operators specially requisitioned from Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar, were pressed into service, to conduct a recce of approximately two square kilometers area a day prior to the raid, added SSP. The footage of the drone cameras was shown to residents of nearby villages to identify the suspects. Daler Singh, Kulbir Singh, Laly, Manjit Singh, Fuman Singh, Mohan Singh and Balwinder Singh Nimma who have been named as accused based on the basis of information provided by the locals. A case under Sections 61, 1, and14 of Excise Act has been registered at Harike police.