Police on Sunday seized 25,000 litres of diesel worth Rs 24.5 lakh from a tanker, which was transporting the fuel illegally in Maharashtra's Thane district.

An official from Kalwa Police Station, while briefing about the incident, said that a case has been registered against eight people, including the tanker owner and driver, following the seizure at the Kharigaon toll naka on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway on Thursday afternoon, as per PTI.