A team of Excise sleuths recovered 150 kg of panmasala products from a KSRTC bus here in the early hours on Friday.

The seizure was made by a team of Excise personnel led by Circle Inspector K. Karthikeyan during a routine vehicle inspection at Adukkathbayal here around 1.50 a.m., a senior official said.

The contraband, possibly being smuggled from Mangaluru to Kannur, in four bags, was recovered from the KSRTC express bus plying on the Kollur-Kottarakkara route.

The officials also seized 35 packets of Indian-made foreign liquor from the vehicle. The officials arrested Vinod Kumar and Munna, both from Uttar Pradesh, under provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act and another youth, identified as Anil Kumar Patel, also from UP, for illegally transporting the liquor packets under the Abkari Act.

 The incident comes barely two days after the seizure of around 100 kg of panmasala products from here.
News : The Hindu
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