With Kerala local body elections just around the corner, the Excise department is turning up the heat against illegal liquor trade! They have formed fierce strike squads to catch hooch-makers and smugglers red-handed. Tribal areas are getting special attention after secret reports hinted that illegal liquor might be used to trick voters. The Excise team isn’t working alone. They’ve built a strong network of local informers to alert them quickly about suspicious activities. If you tip them about drug pushers or liquor smugglers, you can win rewards while staying completely secret! To make this easy, district and taluk helpline numbers are out for everyone to share clues. In Kozhikode, squads are busy with surprise checks in hilly zones where many illegal liquor dens were smashed before. Former drug offenders are now being watched closely. Joint police-Excise raids hit known trouble spots, aiming to keep the pressure high. Here’s a spicy twist: migrant labourers are getting involved more and more in smuggling liquor after work hours, all for fast cash. They move between districts and states, grabbing cheap liquor from places like Mahe and Goa. The squads have orders to track these movements hot and cold! But that's not all—the coastal areas of northern Kerala are also in the crackdown spotlight. Excise squads, along with coastal police and marine teams, patrol against smuggling through fishing boats. Alongside, police are stepping up surprise checks on trains and inter-district buses, backed by Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force. Senior Excise officers say this tight teamwork aims to seal off all illegal liquor routes during the election fever. They are also reviewing the squads’ performance and counting seizures regularly to keep the campaign strong. Clearly, Kerala’s Excise force is on a warpath, making sure no shady liquor deals disturb the upcoming elections. Will the hooch dealers survive this storm? The game is on!