Nashik : The State Excise Department’s ‘D’ Division in Nashik seized 38 boxes of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer worth a total of Rs 7.37 lakh, including the vehicle used to transport them, near Trimbakeshwar.
Acting on a tip-off on Oct 23, a team from the Nashik unit set up a checkpoint on Harsul-Amboli Road at Vaghera Chaufuli under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949. During the inspection, officials stopped a hatchback and found 38 boxes of liquor and beer manufactured in Daman, Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, where their sale is permitted but their sale in Maharashtra is prohibited.
The raid was conducted by inspector N H Gosavi and his team under the guidance of senior state excise officials, including commissioner Rajesh Deshmukh, joint commissioner (Enforcement and Vigilance) Prasad Surve, divisional deputy commissioner Usha Verma, superintendent Santosh Zagade and deputy superintendent A S Tambare.