The Hindu : Excise vigil against illicit liquor

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Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002

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Southern States - Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram

Excise vigil against illicit liquor

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Dec. 17. The Excise Department has stepped up vigil against the sale of illicit liquor during the Christmas-New Year season.

In a press release here, the Assistant Commissioner (Excise), Peter John Kulas, said that regional control rooms had been set-up at Neyyatinkara (Ph: 222380, 227338), Thiruvananthapuram (472747, 476529, 415691), Nedumangadu (802227, 837503) and Chirayankeezhu (622386, 644070) to monitor violations of the Abkari Act.

The public have been urged to impart information on the sale or hoarding of illicit liquor at these numbers.

The Assistant Excise Commissioner can be contacted at 473149 and 312418.

Those who give information leading to seizure of illicit liquor would be given cash rewards and their identity protected.

The department has also intensified night-patrolling as part of the State-wide vigil against illicit liquor.

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