Hyderabad: Excise officials seize 233 bottles of smuggled liquor, two held

Acting on a tip-off, the team monitored Basheerbagh Road and stopped a suspiciously moving car for inspection. Upon checking, officials discovered 233 bottles of non-duty paid liquor smuggled into the city from Delhi and Haryana.

Hyderabad: The Excise and Prohibition Department’s Enforcement team on Friday caught two persons at Basheerbagh for allegedly smuggling non duty paid liquor and seized 233 bottles from them.

On a tip off, the team kept a watch at Basheerbagh road and on noticing a car moving suspiciously stopped and checked it. The officials found 233 bottles of non duty paid liquor smuggled into the city from Delhi and Haryana.

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Two people Harish Kumar and Williams Joseph were taken into custody while four of their associates who are involved in the racket are absconding.

A case is registered.