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Dellhi Excise keeping tab on illegal liquor distribution

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IANS New Delhi

The Delhi Excise Department has deployed its teams across the city to keep a tab on illegal movement of liquor that can be used to influence voters in the run-up to polling for seven Lok Sabha seats on Sunday.

An effective surveillance and checks to restrict the illegal movement of liquor is being kept round the clock with the help of local police, it said in a statement.

It said it seized 2,808 bottles of illicit liquor from four vehicles on Tuesday and held nine people in this case.

The Department has made an appeal to people to share information regarding illegal sale and supply of illicit liquor.

 

--IANS

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First Published: May 08 2019 | 10:28 PM IST

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