Ten of the custom officers were superintendents and the other 12 inspectors, all 22 working at Sahar International Airport. Apart from the officers and the girls, the other eight were four men from Mumbai who are believed to have organised the party, the caretaker of the bungalow, a driver and two men who were playing music systems.

The police seized 35 cellphones, along with eight cars, foreign liquor, a laptop, VCDs, a music system and

Rs 55,000 in cash. They produced the group in Wadgaon Maval court in the afternoon and sought custody, but defence lawyers argued this was pointless as police had nothing more to recover. Judicial Magistrate First Class D B Patange then remanded the group to magisterial custody, after which defence lawyers filed for bail immediately.

After competing their shift on Tuesday, the customs men drove to the bungalow in Taj Cottage, Khandala. Their plan was to rejoin work at 8 am on Wednesday. They were carrying their uniforms.

The party started sometime in the evening. Kadam received a tip-off ; the raid came around midnight, by a joint team of the Lonavla city and the rural police.

Darekar said most of the officers and girls were drunk and dancing nude. An adult video was playing on a laptop. Currency notes lay scattered on the ground.

“It is suspicious that so many senior customs officers were partying at the same spot. We are investigating who was behind this party,” Darekar said. “We are also trying to find out whether the dance girls were employed by some escort service.”

Police said a Mumbai-based person owns the bungalow. The party organisers had taken the bungalow on rent for a day from the caretaker.

Women constables nabbed the girls, while male cops rounded up the men. “Initially, the partygoers tried to hide their identities, but later owned up. We were shocked that 22 of them were customs officers,” said Darekar.