18 arrested with illegal liquor

Dimapur : The district Excise enforcement personnel under the command of Inspector of Excise, S Chanlei, and Kevito on January 12 conducted surprise checking of hotels and restaurants located at Hussein Road and Rail Gate in Dimapur and seized 204 bottles of IMFL and beer. In this connection, 13 persons were arrested and penalised under the NLTP Act ’89.

In another incident, the Chumukedima Excise check gate duty party led by Assistant Inspector of Excise, Shihai Yeptho, detected and seized 180 bottles of Rum from different vehicles during their term of duty last week.

Informing this in a press release, Pitongse Sangtam, Superintendent of Excise & Prohibition, Dimapur added that in the later seizure, 5 accused persons were arrested and penalised under the same Act.