Port Blair, Dec. 20: The District Police of North & Middle Andaman have been conducting intensive jungle search and combing operations to crackdown on manufacturing of illicit Liquor. Adding to the spree of crackdown on illicit liquor manufacturing in the district, Police team headed by SI Deva Raju, ASI Sanjay Yadav, PC Anirudh Das, PC Mohd Safique and PC Sudash Lall conducted combing in Shyam Kund jungle under the jurisdiction of OP Bakultala. The team recovered a total of 60 tins in a total of 04 bhattis containing about 600 ltrs of fermented illicit liquor (lehan) and other bhatti materials at different location within the jungle and destroyed the same in the jungle. The team searched for the miscreants in the jungle who had fermented the illicit liquor in bhattis but in vain.

Local residents have highly appreciated the pro- active efforts of police. In this fight against illicit liquor, bootleggers & drug abuse, the 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.