Overview
- The Maharashtra excise flying squad, which acted Tuesday evening after a tip‑off, intercepted a container in Thane and seized 1,450 boxes of Goa‑made whisky worth about Rs 1.66 crore including the truck.
- The stop took place at the R C Patil Toll Naka on Majiwada Road during routine patrols by the Thane‑1 flying squad.
- Two occupants, driver Pargat Singh Katar Singh and Amritbir Singh Harprit Singh, were arrested and booked under the Prohibition Act.
- Investigators report the consignment traveled with forged invoices that described the cargo as medicines to evade checks.
- Officials say the whisky was legally produced in Goa but banned for sale in Maharashtra, and they are probing the source and possible supply network.