Kalpetta, Friday 26 February 20101: A man was arrested and 2,500 litres of spirit seized from him at Kattayad, near Sulthan Bathery, on Thursday evening, Excise officials said.

The arrested is Shijo, 35, of, Pallikunnel at Kattayad, near Sulthan Bathery, they said. The spirit was kept in a dung pit near his house in 86 plastic cans. A raid was conducted there on a tip-off, the officials said.