Man held with 120-litres lahan
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 9
Two plastic drums full of lahan were seized by the Jalandhar police today during a raid conducted at a rural home.
Kulwinder Singh, alias Kinder, (33) a resident of Miani village at Lohian was arrested when a police party raided his home on a tip-off regarding illegal liquor stored in his house. Upon an intensive search, the police found liquor stored in two plastic drums — each with a capacity of 60 litres — from a room where his farm animals had been kept. A total of 120 litres of illegal lahan was seized. An FIR has been registered under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act against him at the Lohian police station.
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Women bootleggers held
Jalandhar: Two women were held with over 400 litre of spurious liquor from the Ganna Pind by the Phillaur police on Wednesday. The women, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, alias Billi and Surjit Kaur, alias Bholi, were habitual offenders and had been charged in over 30 cases previously. During the raid by the Phillaur police, holes were discovered on the floor, which were told to be rat holes by the residents. However, on an intensive search, the police found a huge box of spurious liquor stored in a basement. The police began to dig the holes, which lead to a basement where a huge box of liqour bottles was stored. Both the women have been arrested by the Phillaur police and an FIR under Section 61 of the Excise Act has been lodged against them at the Phillaur police station. The police said they had been sent to the police custody. SHO Phillaur Sanjeev Kapoor said there were at least 21 previous cases against one of the women and 14 to 15 against the second one. — TNS
