A day after the visit of Excise and Taxation Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena, the joint team of the Excise Department and police launched a special campaign to crack the illegal liquor supply. The team conducted raids at five places on Tuesday night and seized 2,250 boxes of illicit liquor from various places. It is being suspected that the liquor was stored at these locations for supply during the General Election.
The approximate cost of the illicit liquor and vehicles recovered from unauthorised locations is Rs 45.75 lakh. The police have registered six cases against liquor smugglers at four police stations — Kharkhoda, Gohana, Kundli and Sector 27 of Sonepat.
Commissioner Meena had visited Sonepat and Panipat on Monday and during meetings with the district officers, he called a “zero tolerance policy” for liquor smuggling during the elections.
Thereafter, on a tip-off, the joint team raided a house on the Delhi-Kharkhoda road near the KMP expressway and Pipli village and found a huge stock of liquor and beer.
