PERNEM
The excise office in Pernem has stated that liquor worth Rs 61.44 lakh had been in the container which was gutted in a fire at Dhargal on June 17.
It took the excise office over 30 hours to ascertain the nature and value of the liquor consignment, since the vehicle and the documents were gutted in the fire, and the consignment contained a mix of different brands of liquor.
The truck carrying liquor was gutted in a fire on the national highway near the Dhargal-Colvale bridge on Monday morning.
The container which was reportedly proceeding to Gujarat was carrying a large quantity of liquor when the cabin of vehicle suddenly caught fire on National Highway 66 after crossing the Colvale-Dhargal bridge.
The driver escaped from the vehicle which was engulfed in flames and fled from the site.
Fire tenders from the fire stations at Pernem and Mapusa went to the site and extinguished the fire.
