Intensifying its crackdown on illicit liquor, the state excise department has registered as many as 523 cases so far in the current financial year and seized around 54,945 litres of illicit liquor from across the state, officials said on Saturday.

Excise Commissioner Yunus, in a press release issued here, stated that special teams of the department are conducting raids and have seized at least 21,637.166 litres of illicit liquor and 33,308.900 litres of “lahan” (raw material) from across the state.

”Last month alone, 309.340 litres of illicit liquor and 12 litres of lahan were seized in the southern region of Shimla, along with 2,678.225 litres of illicit liquor and 14 litres of lahan in the central region of Mandi, and 529.150 litres of liquor and 4,870 litres of lahan in the northern r

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