Muktsar, May 22: Police teams of Muktsar and Fazilka districts along with excise sleuths on Sunday conducted a massive raid along a canal at Kattianwali village in the Lambi Assembly segment.
They found some ‘bhathis’ of illegal distilleries running, destroyed nearly 10,000 litres of “lahan” (raw material for preparing hooch), seized a dozen drums and booked 10 persons under the Excise Act.
Notably, a similar raid was conducted last Sunday by nearly 100 policemen and a huge recovery was also made.
A police officer said in the last five months, they had booked 45 persons for preparing hooch at this place. “We destroyed above 58,000-litre lahan and 840 bottles of illicit liquor this year. However, those involved in this illegal trade are not ready to quit this practice. This place is located amid huge wild growth and whenever we go there, bootleggers manage to flee,” he said.
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