Archive · 6 Aug 2025
Smuggling Bust: Liquor and Hydroponic Weed Seized in Mumbai
Imagine people trying to bring things into the country they shouldn't, like alcohol and special plants.
Customs and the Excise Department caught some of them.
The Excise Department found expensive liquor hidden in a truck in Panvel and arrested two people.
Customs officers at the Mumbai airport also caught people with a lot of a special plant called hydroponic weed, worth millions of rupees.
They arrested passengers and are investigating.
Maharashtra Excise seized foreign liquor worth Rs 13 lakh from Goa in Panvel.
Customs officers seized 14.738 kg of hydroponic weed worth approximately Rs 14.73 crore at Mumbai airport.
Between July 29 and 30, officers seized 8.012 kg of hydroponic weed worth approximately Rs 8 crore.
Excise Department arrested two individuals for liquor smuggling.
Customs arrested passengers under the NDPS Act for drug smuggling.
- Who
- Maharashtra Excise Department, Mumbai Customs, and multiple passengers.
- What
- Seizures of foreign liquor and hydroponic weed, and arrests for smuggling.
- When
- Ongoing operations, with specific seizures mentioned between July 29-30 and August 6, 2025.
- Where
- Panvel, Maharashtra, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai.
- Why
- To prevent the illegal smuggling of liquor and narcotics.
- Location
- Panvel, Mumbai and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
- Items Seized
- Foreign liquor, hydroponic weed
- Liquor Value
- Rs 13 lakh
- Weed Value
- Approximately Rs 22.73 crore
- Arrests
- Multiple passengers, Uttam Sen, and Ramesh Purohit
