Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Manor police station intercepted a tempo on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Yatish Deshmukh said
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The police have seized liquor worth Rs 10.17 lakh transported illegally from Daman and arrested one person in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Friday, reported news agency PTI.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Manor police station intercepted a tempo on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Yatish Deshmukh said, reported PTI.
The team found Daman-manufactured liquor worth Rs 10.17 lakh, banned in Maharashtra, he said.
"A detailed inquiry revealed that the consignment had been loaded by one Amit Kumar Shukla Pandit, Gorab Gosale Monu, and Suraj Chaubey, whose full details are yet to be confirmed. The accused had instructed the driver, Kishore Bhika Baviskar, to deliver the goods to Dhule," he said, reported PTI.
A case has been registered at Manor police station under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, and the driver has been arrested, while efforts are underway to trace the remaining accused, the official said.
One held for liquor adulteration in Palghar; stock worth Rs 12 lakh seized
In another case, the police have busted a liquor adulteration racket in Maharashtra's Palghar district by arresting one person and seizing stock worth Rs 12 lakh, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from the MBVV police's crime branch raided a chawl in Nalasopara on Thursday and arrested the accused, Dharmaraj Babulal Nishad (55), the official said, reported PTI.
The accused allegedly procured cheap liquor from Diu-Daman and Goa, adulterated it with chemicals, and sold it in bottles of reputed high-end liquor brands, senior inspector Aviraj Kurhade said, reported PTI.
"Our team has seized 368 bottles of 750 ml and 180 ml liquor of various high-end brands and other paraphernalia worth Rs 12 lakh," he said, reported PTI.
A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949, along with sections 318 (cheating) and 274 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
Meanwhile, the police have seized the banned mephedrone drug valued at Rs 51 lakh from a Nigerian national in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Thursday. Based on a tip-off, the police conducted a raid on Tuesday at Pragati Nagar in the Nalasopara area.
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