In a major catch, flying squads of the State Excise Department from Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar raided a godown in Nandurbar district and seized 2,475 boxes containing Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) bottles worth over '2-crore on Tuesday. The Excise Department has filed a case under The Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949. Under the Act a permit is compulsory to purchase, possess, consume or serve liquor in the state.

Officials of the state excise department said they seized the liquor from a godown as the bottles had the labels 'for sale' in Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. Officials from the Mumbai unit of the state excise, formed teams and raided the godown late at night on June 26 and seized the liquor from Mauje Sukhwel, Navapur in Nandurbar.