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'Dry' Gujarat seizes ₹39 crore liquor, hotel revenue surges
The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam
|March 10, 2026
MASSIVE SEIZURES REPORTED ALONG BORDERS WITH MP AND RAJASTHAN
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GOVERNMENT authorities in Gujarat have seized liquor worth ₹38.89 crore as of January 25, 2026, despite it being a dry state.
The state government revealed these figures in the Assembly in response to a question asked by Imran Khedawala, the Congress MLA from the Jamalpur-Khadiya constituency in Ahmedabad. Khedawala had demanded to know the details of liquor seized at check posts along the borders with Madhya Pradesh and Rajas-than in the past two years.
This story is from the March 10, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam.
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