MATERIAL WITH PRODUCING CAPACITY OF RS. 100 CRORE SCOTCH CAUGHT IN JALPAIGURI

By TNI Representative (Jalpaiguri)  |  TNI Editing Siliguri

Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 5th November, 2016: In a major breakthrough today raw materials of Scotch preparation worth Rs. 60 lakhs were seized by the Excise Department from Jalpaiguri. However, the materials were seized at Chayanpara of Siliguri coming under the Jalpaiguri district. The total volume of the liquid material known as Scotch Malt i.e. concentrated Scotch (undrinkable) is 7000 Lts.

This quantity of Malt seized had the capacity of producing Scotch with marketable prices of around Rs. 100 crore. In a press briefing by the Superintendent of the Excise Department of Jalpaiguri district, Mr. Manik Sarkar told that press that initially it is known to be brought from a factory located at Maharashtra, which again got it from Scotland. However, the investigation is going on to see how the entire assortment entered Jalpaiguri district.

Photos: TNI Representative (Jalpaiguri)

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