Excise Department destroyed 1150 Kgs of Lahan during different raids carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of illicit liquor in Excise Range Kathua. On the directions of the Excise Commissioner, Rajesh Kumar Shavan and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. Amarjeet Singh, a team of Excise Range Kathua led by ETO, Excise Range Kathua Virender Kumar, comprising of Inspectors Excise Arun Kumar, Razi Ahmed, Aman Sharma SI Amit Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar & Excise Guard Varun Sharma raided the Barnoti, Budhu and Upper Sakta Chack areas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor. In the process, 1150 Kgs of Lahan, raw material of illicit liquor was recovered by the raiding team from state land & later destroyed on spot.
