1,296 bottles of liquor being transported to Mangalore seized

Yahya Hallare
Daijiworld Media Network - Bhatkal
 
Bhatkal, Dec 22: Excise department officials and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Saturday December 21 seized over a thousand bottles of Indian-made liquor from Matsygandha Express near Honnavar.

However, the person who was transporting the liquor managed to escape. The police seized 1,296 bottles of liquor, each of 200 ml capacity, altogether valued at Rs 51,840.
 
The liquor was loaded at Margoa railway station in Goa, where it was manufactured and it is believed it was being transported to Mangalore. It is said that the railway police noticed the bags containing liquor near the door of the train compartment and no one was guarding the bottles.
 
The TTC of Matsyagandha informed the RPF from Honnavar Railway Station. Excise inspector Anand J D, railway sub-inspector Santosh Gaonkar, Praveen K, Maruthi Madar, Ajesh V K Manjunath, and other railway officials were part of the operation. The liquor bottles were later handed over to the Bhatkal excise department.

Further investigations are on.