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Four of the accused have been arrested, but the remaining two, including the CPM leader, were in hiding.
Officials seized 79 cans containing 2,765 litres of spirit reportedly smuggled from Hosur to Alappuzha.
The driver then jumped out of the vehicle and escaped by scaling a nearby compound wall.
According to Manorama News, Joshy was found hanging in a plot near his house.
Lorry driver and cleaner arrested.
The contraband, transported in 79 cans under the pretence of a grape transport from Bengaluru, was intended for a recipient in Thrissur.
Alur police said the illicit liquor and spirit were recovered from a facility set up in a chicken farm run by the accused.
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