The excise officers said they raided a bungalow in Palghar on Tuesday and seized beer and foreign liquor worth Rs 21 lakh that was meant to be delivered in Gujarat, which is voting for the Assembly elections early next month.

With the help of the local police, the Palghar unit of the Maharashtra State Excise department raided the bungalow at Wadavali village, just 20 km from the Gujarat border, following a tip-off about smuggling of illegal liquor. They recovered more than 2,000 bottles of beer and foreign liquor, but the accused managed to flee.