Car NicobaR, August 28: Police recovered about 100 litres of fermenting lahan, an apparatus used for illicit liquor distillation and approximately 2.5 litres of illicit liquor during a search operation in the deep jungle area of Chukchucha village on August 27.
The operation was conducted by a team from Police Station Car Nicobar as part of a search for material allegedly linked to the illegal manufacture of liquor. During the search, personnel found the items concealed inside the jungle.
The recovered material included a bhatti, an apparatus used in the distillation of illicit liquor, along with five 20-litre plastic jerricans containing lahan. The police said the material had been kept concealed in the jungle for fermentation and subsequent preparation of illicit liquor.
A separate five-litre plastic jerrican containing approximately 2.5 litres of illicit liquor was also recovered from the location.
Police assessed the total quantity of fermenting lahan at approximately 100 litres. According to the police, the material had been deliberately stored in the jungle as part of the process of preparing illicit liquor.
Following the prescribed procedure, the police team destroyed the entire quantity of approximately 100 litres of lahan at the site. The bhatti and other articles recovered in connection with the alleged liquor-making activity were also destroyed during the operation.
Police have registered a case against the person allegedly involved in the activity. Further investigation is underway to establish the circumstances surrounding the preparation and storage of the illicit liquor and identify the details relevant to the case.
The search was carried out in the deep jungle area of Chukchucha village, where police located the concealed material during their operation.
The recovery included both the fermentation material and equipment associated with the alleged production of illicit liquor, along with the small quantity of finished illicit liquor found at the site.
The case remains under investigation following the registration of the offence and destruction of the recovered material and equipment in accordance with the procedure followed by the police.
