Rs.10cr haul: 42,000 bottles seized in Ggm liquor bust
Gurugram, Dec. 11 -- The Gurugram excise department and city police on Tuesday busted what officials described as one of Haryana's biggest liquor smuggling rackets, seizing nearly 42,000 bottles of premium imported alcohol from a licensed vend that was allegedly using its legal permit as a facade to sell smuggled, duty-evaded stock. Officials estimated the value of the haul at around Rs.10 crore in the black market - the state's largest recovery of illegal foreign liquor.
The liquor, officials said, had been brought into India without payment of customs or excise duties. Crucially, none of the bottles carried the mandatory Haryana excise hologram or the Track-and-Trace strip that authenticates liquor within the state. The absence of these f...
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