India, July 14 -- Cracking down against illegal liquor transportation, the Pune excise department on Friday seized 1,204 boxes containing 57,792 bottles of Blue Malt whisky, made in Goa. The consignment was seized at Veer Phata on Jejuri-Saswad road and an individual named Dharman Sarang, who is from Rajasthan, was arrested on charges of illegal transportation of liquor.

The excise department was tipped off by an informer about the Goa-made liquor being transported through Pune. Accordingly, excise officials laid a trap and intercepted a container truck at Veer Phata at around 4:00pm on Friday.

On checking, the excise team recovered 1,204 boxes containing 57,792 bottles of Royal Blue Malt whisky, all made in Goa. Each box contained 48 b...