The Excise team on Sunday seized 1440 litres of foreign liquor from a youth near Palliyekkara toll plaza on Sunday. The arrested person is Krishnaprakash, 24, of Attipra, Thiruvananthapuram. He was smuggling liquor from Mahe to Thiruvananthapuram. The liquor was hidden in a vehicle that was carrying coconut. Liquor was packed in 160 boxes.
According to Assistant Excise Commissioner D. Sreekumar liquor was meant for distribution in the coastal belt of Thiruvananthapuram district.
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