Shimla, Nov. 22 -- The Excise department has intensified its crackdown on illicit liquor across the state. Special teams are conducting raids and have registered 523 cases so far during this financial year.
The department has seized 21,637.166 liters of illicit liquor and 33,308.900 liters of 'lahan' (raw material or wash used to produce illicit liquor) from various locations across the state.
Last month alone, 309.340 liters of illicit liquor and 12 liters of 'lahan' were seized in the southern region of Shimla, 2,678.225 liters of illicit liquor and 14 liters of 'lahan' in the central region of Mandi and 529.150 liters of liquor and 4,870 liters of 'lahan' in the northern region of Palampur.
Additionally, 286.09 liters of illicit liquo...