RCMP intercept two liquor shipments bound for Tuktoyaktuk in one week

RCMPin Tuktoyaktukintercepted two shipments of liquor within a week, including one on the all-season road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, which is not yet officially open.

Police say they received a tip on June 9that a person was transporting a large quantity of liquor on an all-terrain vehicle.

They set up a checkstop in Tuktoyaktuk and searched a person entering town limits, seizing 25 bottles of vodka.

On June 16, Tuktoyaktuk received additional information that a different person was transporting a large quantity of liquor on a flight into Tuktoyaktuk.

Police said they searched the suspect at the airport and located 30bottles in the person's baggage.

Liquor restrictions in Tuktoyaktuklimitthe possession of hard liquor to two 1.1L bottles per person at any one time.

Both investigations are ongoing. No charges have been laid.