The excise department on Tuesday launched a search operation in different locations in Guwahati and busted several liquor dens and damaged over a hundred liters of country liquor.

They also destroyed a huge amount of stuff used to makecountry liquor and detained two women from Jatia area in the city for runningillegal liquor dens.

The excise team also fined a number of people for drinkingin public places. "In the coming days, we will carry out similar searchoperations in other areas of the city also," said an official of the excisedepartment.