PERNEM
An excise team seized liquor worth Rs 5.76 lakh from a vehicle at the Patradevi check post in the wee hours of
Saturday. This is the third major seizure during the pandemic.
The stock seized by Excise Inspector Amol Harwalkar and his team consisted of 38,400 bottles (180 ml) of whiskey.
According to reports, the liquor was illegally being transported from Goa to Panvel and vehicle was intercepted at the Patradevi check post at 4.30 am.
The truck driver claimed in his documents that he was carrying fertilisers, but the inspector on duty had doubts and during inspection, the liquor worth Rs 5.76 lakh was found in the vehicle.
The excise team involved in seizing the liquor included deputy inspector Krishna Usapkar, Devidas Tirodkar, Sunil Karbotkar, Dasharath Chari, Bhagat Pagi, Rupesh Redkar and Harish Naik.
The Pernem taluka has three excise check posts at Patradevi, Aronda-Kiranpani and Naibag-Poraskadem.
