NASHIK: The squad of the state excise department of Pune and Ahmednagar in a joint operation on Friday seized liquor stock worth over Rs 1.2 crore, which was being transported to Goa without a valid transport pass.
Officials of the state excise department have also arrested three people who were transporting the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) to Goa. The raid was conducted in Palve village along Ahmednagar-Pune road in Parner taluka, as per the release of the state excise department.
The officials received a tip-off that a truck loaded with a huge stock of liquor was halted at a certain place along the Ahmednagar Pune road in Parner. The state excise department plunged into action and raided the truck, which had 1,550 boxes of liquor.
The three people in the truck were arrested under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949.
As per the release, the raid was conducted under the guidance of state excise commissioner Kantilal Umap.
Officials are probing from where the liquor was procured and to whom it was being supplied in such a large quantity.
Illegal sale, manufacturing and transportation rob the government of its revenue. Adulteration in such illegally manufactured and transported liquor can also be not ruled out.
