On a tip-off, a team of sleuths from the Excise Department, led by Inspector K. B. Binu, seized 2,304 bottles of 180 ML capacity each, kept in 48 boxes from the car.
The car sped away even after being signalled to stop, an official said . A hot chase of the car followed, after which the vehicle bearing registration number KL 54 A 7551, was seized.
However, the driver of the car managed to flee. On enquiry, the police came to know that the brew was being transported from Karnataka.
The seizure is the first of its kind after the Excise Department beefed up vigil on the smuggling of illicit brew from neighboring Karnataka ahead of the Onam season.
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