Excise dept's Christmas-New Year special drive: IMFL worth Rs 1.82 cr seized in Navi Mumbai

Thane, Dec 15 (PTI) Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 1.82 crore was seized in Navi Mumbai on Monday, a Maharashtra Excise Department official said.

Based on a tip-off, a special patrolling operation was conducted on Mahape to Thane Road in Navi Mumbai on December 15, during which 1,550 boxes of Goa-made IMFL were seized from a vehicle, Thane Superintendent of State Excise Pravin Tambe said.

The vehicle's driver, identified as Bhagirathram Hiraram Godara, has been arrested, he added.

The operation was carried out as part of a special enforcement drive undertaken by the department ahead of Christmas and New Year, Tambe said. PTI COR BNM