Illicit liquor unit smashed in Nowshera, accused nabbed

Rajouri,May 18:- Jammu and Kashmir Police in Rajouri’s Nowshera sub division on Monday smashed an illicit liquor manufacturing unit in Nonial village and arrested the accused besides seizure of liquor and raw material from the spot.
Police in its official statement said that a team from Nowshera police station headed by Station House Officer Nowshera, Amit Singh under the supervision of Sub Divisional Police Officer Nowshera, Zakir Shaheen Mirza was on routine patrolling when it received an information that some suspicious movement have been noticed in and around a house in Nonial village.
Taking note of it, police team carried a search in the area and found that a man was indulged in running a working still and was manufacturing desi liquor.
The said working still was smashed on the spot and accused namely Amit Kumar son of Puran Chand resident of Nonial was arrested with ten liters of manufactured liquor was seized from his possession while one hundred and twenty litres of Lahaan was destroyed on the spot.
Police have registered a case in FIR 84/2020 under sections 48(a),(b) and (e) in Nowshera police station.