Drive against sale of illicit liquor planned

KOZHIKODE: The district level review meeting held here on Tuesday decided to conduct an intensive campaign among tribals to check the sale, production and transportation of illicit liquor.
The move was taken following complaints that the tribals in the colonies were involved in the making of illicit liquor unaware of the laws.
ADM K P Ramadevi directed the grama panchayat bodies to conduct regular meetings every month to check the making, transportation and sale of illicit liquor in its limit.She also directed the people's representatives to conduct regular meeting in the 14 constituencies. The excise deputy commissioner K Mohanan said that the department had registered 101 abkari cases and six cases related to drugs.
The department has also seized four vehicles for the transportating illicit liquor, 350 litres of Indian made foreign liquor, 5,020 litres of raw materials for brewing, 2kg ganja and 10kg country liquor in September. The excise department also conducted 27 awareness classes in the schools and it also constituted 15 clubs in the schools in September.