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Major hooch tragedy averted with seizure of 2,240 litres of illicit ENA: Punjab Minister Cheema

Major hooch tragedy averted with seizure of 2,240 litres of illicit ENA: Punjab Minister Cheema

Sangrur, Apr 27 (UNI) Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise, and Taxation Minister, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema today announced a significant breakthrough in the state’s ongoing ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ (War Against Drugs) campaign, with the seizure of 2,240 litres of pilfered Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA), averting a potential major hooch tragedy.
The ENA was to be used to produce illicit liquor.
Cheema, who also chairs the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ Cabinet Sub-Committee, revealed the details of the operation.

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