29K L illicit liquor seized 718 cases registered by Excise Dept in UP

PRAYAGRAJ, February 8 (HS): P. Guruprasad, Excise Commissioner Uttar Pradesh informed preventive action is being taken regularly by the department to control the manufacture, sale and smuggling of illicit liquor. In the last week 718 cases were registered all over the state in which 29,212 litres of illicit liquor were recovered and 75,965 kg lahan for preparing illicit liquor were destroyed at the spot. Along with it, 227 persons involved in this act of illicit liquor were arrested and 27 vehicles were seized.

P. Guruprasad, the Excise Commissioner said that in the first week of February month, in Meerut district, while carrying out enforcement actions, 11 cases of illicit foreign liquor have been recovered and a car and 02 scooties have been seized.  During road checking in the district Basti, 440 litres of rectified spirit and 6700 rupees cash have been recovered from an Alto car and 04 persons have been arrested from the spot. In Bareilly district, one person has been arrested while 239 cases of Haryana made illegal foreign liquor has been seized from a truck. During the checking of vehicles in Bhadohi district, 60 cases of Blue Lime brand illicit country liquor have been recovered from a Tata Magic vehicle. Raid was conducted on the house mentioned by the driver during the interrogation and 1400 litres of illicit alcohol, 500 grams of urea, a motorcycle and a large quantity of empty bottles, fake labels and lids have been recovered.

An FIR has been lodged against 06 persons found to be indulged in this illegal trade of liquor. In a raid by the joint team of excise and police in Agra district, 513 quarters and 1572 bottles of illicit liquor of various brands, huge quantity of QR codes and fake labels have been recovered from a warehouse whereas 11 persons have been arrested from the spot and an FIR has been lodged against them. During checking by SSF team, Meerut, 5400 bottles of unlabeled illegal foreign liquor in 450 cases have been recovered from a Tata-407 vehicle near Dasna toll in district Ghaziabad.