Faisalabad:Civil Defence has sealed 18 shops and booked 14 shopkeepers on the charge of illegal gas decanting in Faisalabad during last week.
Civil Defence Officer Rana Muhammad Abbas said here on Sunday that teams launched a crackdown against illicit decanting of LPG across the district on the special direction of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Captain (Retired) Nadeem Nasir.
The teams sealed 18 shops and lodged cases against 14 shopkeepers in addition to confiscating materials from 6 shops. They also forwarded challans of 10 shopkeepers to the court of Special Judicial Magistrate for further action. Meanwhile, civil defence teams also removed three mini-petrol pumps and two petrol stalls from Faisalabad on the charge of illegal business activities, he added.