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Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has launched its most extensive and decisive campaign yet against illicit liquor and narcotics, delivering a clear and uncompromising warning to liquor mafias across Uttar Pradesh. Under the Chief Minister’s leadership, the message is categorical: illegal liquor operations will find no space and no leniency in the state.

A stringent policy framework, coordinated enforcement, and continuous monitoring have significantly strengthened law and order, placing public safety at the core of governance.

In the financial year 2025–26 (up to October 2025), the Excise Department registered 70,017 cases against liquor smugglers and seized 18.5 lakh liters of illicit liquor. A total of 13,243 individuals involved in illegal liquor activities were arreste

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