Amritsar, March 20
In yet another major seizure, the rural police today busted 10 illegal stills during a late night operation in Jasso Nangal village, which is located on the border of Amritsar and Tarn Taran.
The police recovered 370-litre illicit liquor besides 1.35 lakh kg of lahan (raw material mixed for distillation of illicit liquor) from the village. It has arrested five persons, identified as Baljinder Singh, Gurmit Singh, Komal Singh, Paramjit Singh and Gagandeep Singh and registered six cases under the Excise Act in this connection.
The rural police authorities said as the village is located on the border, the accused used to supply the illicit liquor to their customers and clients in Baba Bakala, Jandiala and Tarn Taran before sunrise. They said the village was notorious for bootlegging and its name had come to light during the hooch tragedy that killed over 100 persons in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Batala last year.
The police authorities said the properties of these bootleggers were being identified and would be freezed.
This is the fifth such raid and seizure of huge quantity of illicit liquor and lahan in the rural belt during this month. Earlier, the police had raided Khiala Kalan, Lakhuwal, Chhapa Ram Singh and Kotli Sakka villages and successfully made huge recoveries.
The police said around 150 cops headed by SSP Dhruv Dahiya were involved in five hour-long cordon and search operation in the village. "Following a tip-off, the police conducted a recce of the area and identified the houses before a raid was planned to nail the bootleggers," officials said. The police also confiscated 16 tarpaulins, water tanks, four drums of 200-litre capacity each, 50 drums of 50-litre capacity each, eight gas cylinders and two bikes from the village during the raid. — TNS
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