Puttur : The Excise officials arrested one person for illegally storing liquor in his house in Nuliyalu in Nidpalli village on Saturday.

The accused Chandrashekar is the arrested person. He had illegally stored 8 litres of liquor at his home. Following upcoming ZP/TP elections, Puttur Deputy Superintendent of Excise Chandrappa directed officials to raid the house and seize the liquor.

Excise inspector Shivaprasad, Excise officer Naveen Kumar, staff – Umesh, Praveen, Padmanabha and driver Balakrishna were involved in the raid.

The accused was produced in the court and has been sent to judicial custody.