Hyderabad, July 29 -- The Telangana Excise Department seized 96 non-duty-paid liquor bottles worth around Rs.2 lakh from a car at Pahadishareef on Tuesday.

According to an Excise official, the accused, Kuntimalli Srinivas, allegedly travelled to Goa every weekend with his friend Ramakrishna to play at a casino and smuggled the liquor back to Hyderabad for sale.

Later, excise officials intercepted the vehicle during a check, after which the seized liquor bottles and the car were handed over to the Shamshabad Excise Police for further investigation.

"The accused, Kuntimalli Srinivas, a native of Ibrahimpatnam in Ranga Reddy district, used to go to Goa every weekend with his friend Ramakrishna to play at a casino. While returning from Goa...