General public can report complaints relating to excise crimes like smuggling of liquor, lahan, working stills, illegal liquor manufacturing units, etc, on Excise Department’s helpline number 9875961126.
A spokesperson of the department said that any person can give information on this helpline number by voice call, SMS message or Whatsapp message. A total of 265 complaints have been received since August 8, 2020, and action has been taken on 250 of these, he said. Pointing out further, the spokesperson said on the basis of these complaints, 22 FIRs have been lodged and two persons have been arrested and 414 illicit liquor bottles, 19 cases of liquor, 295lt of illicit liquor and more than 97,200 kg of lahan has been seized.
Numerous complaints have been made against habitual offenders or regarding areas where unlawful activities concerning liquor had been reported in the past as well. A constant vigil is being maintained in such cases, he said.
