Lucknow, Dec. 7 -- 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 individual...