Rs 18.05 lakh worth Goa liquor seized at Anmod check post

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Oct 3, 2020, 12:37 AM IST

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Rs 18.05 lakh worth Goa liquor seized at Anmod check post

BELAGAVI
As illicit liquor trade between Karnataka and Goa continues unabated, 1503 litres of Goa-made liquor worth Rs 18.05 lakh was from the truck near the Anmod check post on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, a Karnataka excise team on Friday intercepted a truck that was reportedly heading to Andhra Pradesh via Karnataka.

Officials said a huge stock of toothpaste and other products that was being transported illegally from Goa without any valid papers has also been seized. The driver and a cleaner from Andhra Pradesh have been taken into custody.

Reshma Banavalikar, U N Tulja, M K Mogre, Balkrishnan and a team carried out the raid.

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Ministers should stop using govt vehicles if no money to pay our pension: Seafarers

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Published Oct 3, 2020, 12:37 AM IST

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Ministers should stop using govt vehicles if no money to pay our pension: Seafarers

MARGAOBeleaguered retired seafarers and their widows sat on a dharna at the historic Menezes-Lohia Chowk, Assolna to protest over the government’s decision to stop the pension scheme exactly a year ago and to make a fervent plea to the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant-led government to restart their pension scheme immediately.Elderly and retired seafarers and the widows of seafarers, who have been left high and dry by the government over their pension since October last year,…