Excise officials seize 127 non-duty paid liquor bottles in Hyderabad

The Prohibition and Excise Department seized 127 non-duty paid liquor bottles worth about Rs 2.5 lakh at Pahadishareef in Hyderabad on Thursday. Two persons were caught allegedly smuggling the liquor into Telangana from Goa and Delhi.

Hyderabad: In a major catch, the Prohibition and Excise Department sleuths seized 127 non duty liquor bottles at Pahadishareef in the early hours of Thursday.

Acting on information, the STF team of the department caught two persons who were smuggling non duty paid liquor into the State from Goa and Delhi.

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“The individuals arrived by plane and kept the bottles in a bag. On prior information, our teams laid in wait for them at Pahadishareef road and stopped the car they were travelling in and seized the liquor,” said an official of the prohibition and excise department. The worth of the liquor is about Rs. 2.5 lakh.