2 bootleggers held, illicit liquor seized

Ludhiana, May 10

The police have arrested two persons while three others were booked for illicit distillation and liquor smuggling in three raids, all of these conducted in areas falling under the Ladhowal police station on Sunday.

Sandeep Singh, a resident of Bholewal Jadid village, and his accomplice Paramjit Singh of Razapur village, were booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act after a police party of anti-smuggling cell raided their hideout for distillation near the river bank in Bholewal Jadid village.

The police seized 55 bottles of illicit liquor, drums, tubes, pipes, other distillation equipment and 6,500 litres of raw liquor (lahan). The accused, however, managed to give the police the slip.

In another raid in Bholewal Jadid village, the police nabbed Charanjit Singh while his accomplice Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Razapur village, managed to escape. The duo have been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act with seizure of 45 bottles of illicit liquor, equipment and utensils for distillation, 5,000 litres of lahan and a motorcycle from the spot.

A liquor smuggler, Jagtar Singh, a resident of Mianwal village in Jalandhar district, was arrested with 11 bottles of countrymade liquor (Punjab Sophi) from Khaira Bet village. A case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered. — OC

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