EES Government Confiscates Outlawed Alcoholic Drinks In Torit Eastern Equatoria State (EES) Authorities have collected more than 4,000 cartons of tiger gins, coffee spirit & empire types of illegal alcohol brands from Omoliha market for confiscation. 03 October 2011 EES Government Confiscates Outlawed Alcoholic Drinks In Torit Police loading onto a tipper Lorry a number of cartons containing tiger gin, coffee spirit & empire alcoholic brands [©Gurtong]
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT 3rd October 2011 [Gurtong] – Eastern Equatoria State (EES) Authorities have collected more than 4,000 cartons of tiger gins, coffee spirit & empire types of illegal alcohol brands from Omoliha market for confiscation. These illicit alcoholic drinks were collected following a thorough search by security personnel comprising of police, wildlife, civil defend (preferably known as fire brigade), prison warders and the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) division 2. The search commenced on Thursday last week at Omoliha market in Torit, the State capital of Eastern Equatoria State (EES). The search team was co-led by acting Governor, Nartisio Loluke Manir, the host Commissioner of Torit, Felix Otuduha Siro and SPLA’s acting commander in EES. John Ngang Mabil is among the victims whose small company known as ‘SAM limited’ lost 2,000 cartons of tiger gins and empire alcohol brands during the confiscation exercise. He regretted the loss and blamed the mission for hurriedly executing the exercise. While his colleague, Thuoch Kuoch an aged South Sudanese businessman was among the affected persons as he incurred big losses at his shop, 280 cartons were found and collected by the forces for confiscation. The move followed orders passed by the State parliament of Eastern Equatoria last week prompting the executive to implement it to the latter, the authorities said. Last week, the State Legislative Assembly passed two related Bills; ban of movement of guns by security forces while not on duty, collection of illegal firearms in the markets and residential homes and ban of illicit alcoholic drinks. The acting Governor Nartisio Loluke Manir who doubles as the State Deputy Governor and Local Government Minister said that the forbidden drinks imported from neighbouring countries are a health hazard to humans and urged the population to join the mission’s war against outlawed alcohol importation and to discourage people from consuming it. While at the market hon. Loluke urged the public to remain calm and cooperate with the ongoing exercise. He explained that ‘Peace and Justice Mission’, is a State Government mission initiated and established by the State Council of Ministers shortly after the formation of the Government in May 2010; with prime objective of dealing with petty crimes, public disorders, cattle raids, banditry, highway robberies among others. After the ongoing search and collection, the government authorities are expected to destroy the illegal alcohol brabds by burning the collected cartons. Posted in: Home Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
