Port Blair, Sept. 12: The district police of North & Middle Andaman have been conducting intensive jungle search and combing operations to crackdown on manufacturing of illicit Liquor, Lahan &  Handia. Adding to the spree of crackdown on illicit liquor manufacturing in the district, four successful jungle raids have resulted in recovering of 930 ltrs. of lahan and 31 ltrs. of illicit liquor along with other materials/utensils etc. used for distillation of illicit liquor. The recovery have been done mainly from forest areas of Bakultala in PS Rangat, Prafulla Nagar in PS Billiground & Paschimsagar in PS Kalighat.

The entire operation was conducted under the supervision of Shri. Vishesh Dhatterwal, DANIPS, SDPO Rangat & Shri. Manasi Vashista, DANIPS, SDPO Diglipur and overall direction and supervision of Smti. Geetanjali Khandelwal, IPS, Superintendent of Police, N&M Andaman District.

Local residents have highly appreciated the proactive efforts of police. In this fight against illicit liquor, bootleggers & drug abuse public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime /illegal activities to police over phone No.100, 112 & 03192-273344. The identity of the informers will be kept secret and will also be suitably rewarded.