Bhubaneswar: Odisha Excise Commissioner Ashish Kumar Singh today held a virtual review meeting for the month of May 2022 today at 11.30 AM during which it was known that the Excise Department has made record seizures/arrests by the month of May 2022.
Deputy Commissioner of Excise (CD, Cuttack)/ Head Quarter and Superintendent of Excise, Enforcement Cell were attended from the conference hall of the Excise Directorate and all the Dy. Commissioner of Excise and Superintendents of Excise of the Districts and unit head of EI & EB Units also took part in the review meeting.
The objective of holding this meeting is to formulate a plan of action & strategy for enforcement work for the coming days.
The details of enforcement activities for the month of April 2022 are as follows.
| Comparative Enforcement Figure of May – 2022 in comparison to Last Year May | ||||
| Sl. No. | Items | May-22 | May-21 | % of Growth in May 22 over May 21 |
| 1 | Cases Detected | 4450 | 2270 | 96.04 |
| 2 | Persons arrested | 3639 | 1839 | 97.88 |
| 3 | ID Liquor (In Ltrs) | 126779.3 | 50726.22 | 149.93 |
| 4 | Wash (In Ltrs) | 1301265 | 527376 | 146.74 |
| 5 | O.S Liquor (In Ltrs) | 2552.2 | 1229.4 | 107.60 |
| 6 | Country Liquor (In Ltrs) | 779.8 | 619.8 | 25.81 |
| 7 | IMFL (In LPL) | 935.255 | 312.059 | 300 |
| 8 | Beer (In BL) | 5309.8 | 3963.14 | 33.98 |
| 9 | Duplicate IMFL ( in Lts) | 355 | 289 | 22.83 |
| 10 | Bhang (In Kg) | 3717.2 | 146.2 | 2442.54 |
| 11 | Mohua Flower (in Qtl) | 595.98 | 283.84 | 109.97 |
| 12 | Vehicle in Nos. | 178 | 80 | 122.50 |
| Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) | ||||
| Sl. No. | Items | Comparison to last month | Comparison to last Year May-21 | % of Growth in May 22 over May 21 |
| May-22 | May-21 | |||
| 1 | Cases Detected | 70 | 21 | 233.33 |
| 2 | Persons arrested | 84 | 25 | 236.00 |
| 3 | Ganja (in kg) | 3277 | 1653 | 98.26 |
| 5 | Brown Sugar (in Gm) | 1050 | 230 | 356.52 |
| 06 | Total Approximate value of seized property | 14.50 Crores | 9.25 Crores | 56.75 % |
Enforcement work of last 9 days (i.e., from 01.06.2022 to 09.06.2022)
During the first 9 days of June (01.06.2022 to 09.06.2022), field officers of Excise Department have detected 1165 Nos. of cases, arrested 995 persons and seized 30949 litres ID liquor, 323665 Kgs of ID wash, 130.14 litres of duplicate IMFL, 805.1 Kgs of Ganja, 255 Grams Brown Sugar, 589.39 litre BERR, 279.315 Litre IMFL, & 47 nos. of vehicles including Bikes, four-wheelers & heavy Vehicles are seized. Total approximate value of seized property is Rs.2.9 crore Crores.
Major raid (01.05.2022 to 31.05.2022)
- On 05.05.22 Sambalpur Excise team and EI & EB Unit Sambalpur busted one duplicate IMFL unit in Sambalpur and seized 38 Ltrs of Duplicate Liquor IMFL, 86,233 nos of duplicate EAL, 74,989 pieces of Corks, 2 motorcycles and arrested 7 accused persons.
- On 10.05.2022 Koraput Excise district detected one NDPS Ganja case at Dumurigada under Koraput District & seized 9 quintals Ganja, one truck & outside accused person belongs to UP.
- On 12.05.2022 the EI & EB unit Berhampur seized 1550 Kgs of Bhanga with one Ashok Leyland Goods Carrier four-wheeler bearing Regd.No OD 02 AQ 1244 at Berhampur.
- On 22.05.2022, Excise EI & EB, unit Berhampur & Kabisuryanagar Excise Station staff detected one NDP Bhanga case in Ganjam district
- On dated 28.05.2022 One NDPS case was detected in Cuttack Dist with the seizure of 130 kgs of Ganja along with one four-wheeler by EI & EB Unit-II, Cuttack.
- On dated 31.05.2022 one NDPS case has been detected by I.E.Sadar Angul, seized one truck (container) along with 122.5 kg of Ganja & two accused persons( both are State of U.P) were arrested.
The Excise Commissioner appreciated the performance/achievement of the Excise officer for the month of May 2022. He instructed all Superintendents of Excise & EI EB Units to strengthen & enhance the enforcement measures in the coming month and to conduct frequent raids against the illegal manufacturing, distributing and sale of ID Liquor/ duplicate IMFL / Non-duty paid IMFL / NDPS items.
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