Booze from Goa seized on X'mas eve

Bootleggers smuggle cheap alcohol from neighbouring states to sell at Mumbai's X'mas and New Year's Excise officials seized illegal liquor being smuggled into the city in a luxury bus on Saturday. The bus (MH-27 A-9822) was carrying liquor bottles worth Rs 18 lakh under the passenger seats. Bottles of Royal Stag, Mc Dowells and Signature whiskey, and Goan port wine and brandy were recovered.Excise officials seized illegal liquor worth Rs 18 lakh being smuggled into the city in a luxury bus on Saturday. pic/Vijay BateOn December 22, MiD DAY had carried a report (Bringing in liquor from Goa on a bus?)

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