1.5 lakh bottles of illicit liquor recovered in Haryana

With statewide raids being conducted by special teams of the Haryana Chief Minister's Flying Squad, over 1.5 lakh bottles of illicit liquor have been recovered, officials said here on Wednesday.

"The special teams conducted raids at a number of places in the state to check manufacture of spurious products, illicit liquor and arrested those engaged in unauthorised acts," a state government spokesman said here.

Officials said over 100 people were arrested for involvement in various illegal activities.

"Twenty-three persons have been arrested in connection with recovery of about 1.30 lakh bottles of illicit liquor, including Indian-made foreign liquor, country-made liquor and beer. As many as 20 cases in this regard have been registered at different police stations in Haryana," he said.

In addition, 23,686 bottles of country-made liquor were seized from various places during the raids.

Besides, a team of the Flying Squad raided Aquafit Mineral Water Factory in Faridabad and detected theft of power of about Rs 37.5 lakh.

Several arrests in connection with gambling and other offences have also been made across Haryana. Besides, private buses plying without permit were impounded and trucks and dumpers involved in over-loading were challaned.

Factories were raided at various locations on allegations of manufacture of spurious ghee and other things. Samples collected from these factories have been sent for analysis.

The team unearthed two factories manufacturing spurious ghee in Hisar district.

The raids were carried out in Gurugram, Hisar, Faridabad, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Mahendergarh, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind and Panchkula districts, among others.

--IANS

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