NOTICE ISSUED TO DISTILLERY

CHANDIGARH: A day after police found 440 boxes of illicit liquor hidden in a milk tanker, the excise and taxation department on Monday conducted an inspection of NV Distilleries and Breweries in Industrial Area, Phase 1, and issued a show-cause notice to the owner. The department claims to have found 65 more boxes of ‘Crazy Romeo’ whiskey without holograms during the raid. Tanker driver 36-year-old Gaurav Khatri of Phase 5, Mohali, had said the liquor was being supplied to Gujarat. Examination revealed that the brand ‘Crazy Romeo’ is meant for sale in Chandigarh only.