Ludhiana: Continuing with his drive under the Red Rose operation, the Excise Ministry together with Ludhiana police digging illegal and fake liquor racquets operating from the GMCO export site located in GT Road, Jugiana.
In the operation, led by the Assistant Commissioner, Excise, Rajesh Aery and ACP (Head Office), Ludhiana, Jang Bahadur Sharma, one person has been arrested and tried to be made to accuse the others, who were allegedly involved in similar violations in Indonesia and then.
Excise Ministry spokesman said 570 cases of illegal and fake liquor with cash whiskey label and Royal Tiger (without the name of the manufacturing unit) and some unsched spirits were stored in place.
The whole haul was without a hologram and there were several empty cardboard boxes too.
“The place was used to distribute illegal liquor.
The owner of the place, Harmohan Singh, with two accused, Jagwant Singh and Sanju, involved in smuggling illegal liquor,” said the spokesman.
He added, “A pine has been registered at the Sahnewal Police Station under the Excise Act Punjab, 1914, and Harmohan Singh from Basant Avenue has been arrested.
Raids are being carried out to arrest two other accused.
Active investigation to detect the source of supply and making drinks hard and if other people are also involved.
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