Sailendra Pandey, an official of Assam Excise department told ANI that on March 2, an information was received from a secret source that a truck bearing registration number of Assam departed from an illegal liquor manufacturing unit situated at Barapani, Meghalaya towards Assam via GS Road.
In a significant crackdown on organised crime, the Delhi Police's Outer District has launched "Operation Prahaar," an intensive week-long campaign from January 6 to January 12, 2025.
Punjab Finance, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema announced on Sunday that the special operation group comprising the Mohali Excise team and Mohali Police intercepted a truck near Handesra, seizing 220 cases of liquor marked "For Sale in Chandigarh Only."
"In the last 3 months 14,000 people have been arrested and sent to judicial custody. In addition to that more than 1,000 vehicles have been seized to check the trafficking of liquor from bordering states," Narasingha Bhol added.
Prabodh Saxena while briefing the CEC said that adequate security measures has been adopted to seal the entry points and porous interstate border to prevent any type of bogus voting, entry of illegal liquor or drugs besides an hawk eye has been kept on any type of freebies, movement of cash
In a joint operation, Assam police along with the flying squad team seized a large quantity of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in Assam's Biswanath district on Saturday, police said.
According to FIR, Flying Squads Team (FST) received information about liquor transportation for a vehicle, which had permission for the campaigning for Congress Candidate Singar in Gandhwani constituency on Wednesday evening. After that the team checked the car and recovered the foreign-made
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday directed the officials of the Excise Department to curb illegal liquor in the state and recover tax arrears to achieve the set target in tax collection.
During the meeting, the discussions were held about prohibiting the illegal activities, including movement of illegal liquors during the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
"A raid was conducted jointly by the CM flying squad and CID at the residence of Ravi Kumar. After conducting raids, we recovered bottles of country and English liquors", said Pradeep Kumar, Inspector, Excise Department.