MoI destroys 6,545 cartons of confiscated liquor bottles

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

6,545 cartons of imported liquor confiscated in line with Ministerial Decision No. 1229/2012 were destroyed upon court verdicts in the presence of Colonel Khalid Al-Banou, head of Liquor Inventory Committee affiliated to the General Investigations Department. Colonel Al-Banou declared that 5,677 cartons of liquor, 803 inside plastic bottle, 37 in metallic ware, and 28 in another type of container were destroyed. He said a 10-member committee for the last two months verified the quantity of the contraband confiscated from various parts of the country and recorded them in detail. He lauded the role played by security operatives to clamp down on drug trafficking to ensure success of the fight against drug abuse and to protect society.


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