AMBALA/ROHTAK (SATISH HANDA):  Haryana police sealed a godown at Mohra on the National Highway near Ambala Cantt having thousands cases liquor being smuggled to other states and a factory illegally manufacturing and packing illicit liquor in a residential house at Meham near Rohtak on October 29 late night.  

Team of Punjab police accompanied by Ambala police and members of Excise & Taxation Department raided the godown at Ambala Cantt late evening and recovered thousands cases illicit liquor and also impounded two trucks parked outside the godown along with few cases of liquor loaded in a truck without having a permit. The raid was conducted when Punjab police caught a truck in which 550 cases liquor were loaded and on information by driver that stock were collected from Ambala godown police raided the premises.

Jashandeep Singh Randhawa SSP Ambala told that all illegal stocks of liquor were counted in the presence of Deputy Excise & Taxation Commissioner A. Passi and other members of his staff and counting of thousands of liquor cases continued till late night. He said, police is tying to find out the owner of godown and illicit liquor. This is not the first case of seizing illicit liquor at Ambala, Excise department and police has traced out several illegal liquor godowns as well as units manufacturing fake liquor being smuggled to other states in past few months.

In another case, team of CM Flying Squad on a clue raided a fake liquor manufacturing unit in a residential house near old by-pass at Meham near Rohtak and seized 25344 small and 1716 large liquor bottles. Uday Singh Meena SP Rohtak told that illicit liquor manufacturing business was going on since a long time. The workers filling liquor in bottles attempted to flee but nabbed by the police. During preliminary investigation, arrested staff members disclosed that illicit liquor was being sold in other districts in the state as well as smuggled to other states and the factory was said to be filling RO water.