NASHVILLE -- Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, might be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.

Officials seized 2,400 bottles late last month during warehouse raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the southern Tennessee town where the whiskey is distilled.

"Punish the person, not the whiskey," protested Kyle MacDonald, 28, a Jack Daniel's drinker from British Columbia.

"Jack never did anything wrong, and the whiskey itself is innocent."

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The estimated value of the liquor is $1 million, possibly driven up by the value of the antique bottles, which range from to half-pints to 3-liter bottles.

One seized bottle dates to 1914, its seal unbroken.

Elks said it is worth $10,000 to collectors. Investigators are looking into whether the liquor was being sold for the value of the bottles rather than the whiskey.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - The Aruban public prosecutor's office said Wednesday that three young men previously detained as suspects in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway have been re-arrested in the case.

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The prosecutor's office says Dutch teenager Joran van der Sloot and two Surinamese brothers, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in manslaughter and causing seriously bodily harm.

Van der Sloot was arrested in the Netherlands, where he is attending a university, and is expected to be extradited to Aruba.