Man held; 200 litres Lahan destroyed, 30 litres illicit liquor seized
STATE TIMES NEWS
BISHNAH: Police on Friday destroyed 200 litres of Lahan, seized 30 litres refined illicit liquor and arrested a man for illicit distillation.
As per the details, after developing specific information a party of Police Station Bishnah conducted raid in village Kotli Charkan, Police Station Bishnah and apprehended one person namely Roop Lal son of Behari Lal resident of Kotli Charkan who was selling refined illicit liquor near his house and also extracting the same.
About 30 litres of refined illicit liquor was seized on spot where as about 200 litres of Lahan destroyed on spot and utensils used for extraction of liquor seized. Customers who were purchasing illicit liquor managed to escape after seeing police cops. A case vide FIR no- 6/18 under section 48(E) Excise Act was registered at Police Station Bishnah. Raid was conducted by Insp Rajesh Sharma SHO PS Bishnah under the close supervision of Surinder Choudhary SDPO R S Pura and Romesh Kotwal SP HQ Jammu.