Step up Crackdown on Illegal Liquor, Drug Smuggling: Avinash Mohanty
Avinash Mohanty stated that there is a need for drug control officers and excise department enforcement teams to jointly identify synthetic drug manufacturing areas and specifically arrest them to stop drug manufacturing
Hyderabad: Telangana Prohibition and Excise department Director (Enforcement) Avinash Mohanty said surveillance should be increased on the illegal manufacture of liquor, smuggling of non-duty paid liquor, and drugs.
He gave these instructions during a review meeting with the enforcement officers and the State Task Force (STF) team at the Drug Control Administration (DCA) office here.
The Director stated that there is a need for drug control officers and excise department enforcement teams to jointly identify synthetic drug manufacturing areas and specifically arrest them to stop drug manufacturing.
In a power-point presentation, the officials explained to the Director the hierarchy of employees in the excise enforcement. The department should move forward with an aim of eliminating the use of illicit-distilled liquor, which has a significant impact on excise revenue, in Telangana.
They said that appropriate measures should be taken to prevent non-duty paid liquor imported from Delhi, Goa, Haryana and Rajasthan from entering the state. The officials said that the responsibility of intensifying surveillance on those indulging in mixing premium liquor with low cost liquor and conducting raids and neutralizing them lies with the STF teams.
