Excise dept seizes 73k bottles of Goa-made whisky being smuggled into Maharashtra

Goa (Jun 5) The Excise department seized 73,440 bottles of Goa-made IMFL worth Rs 1.89 crore from a truck on the Panvel-Mumbra highway in Thane district, an official said on Friday.

The seizure was made on Wednesday evening on the basis of a tip-off, Konkan Divisional Deputy Commissioner of State Excise Pradeep Pawar said

The driver claimed the vehicle contained automobile parts, but a search revealed 73,440 bottles of whisky made in Goa, which had no batch number or MRP and are banned for sale in Maharashtra, Pawar informed.