Nunavut cops seize booze, fireworks from Aussie yacht

Cambridge Bay RCMP members seized 200 bottles of illegal liquor from an Australian luxury yacht called the Fortrus Sept. 7. Paul McDonald, 51, of Noosville, Australia, is charged with one count of providing liquor to a minor and one count of being is unauthorized possession of liquor. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RCMP)

Police in Cambridge Bay seized 200 bottles of liquor and $15,000 worth of illegal fireworks Sept. 7 from the Fortrus, a luxury yacht from Australia anchored just off Cambridge Bay, an RCMP news release said.

Cambridge Bay RCMP members made the seizure in connection with an investigation under the Nunavut Liquor Act, police said.

The owner of the yacht, Paul McDonald, 51, of Noosville, Australia, faces two liquor act charges: one count of providing liquor to a minor and one count of being in unauthorized possession of liquor.

McDonald is scheduled to appear before a justice of the peace in Cambridge Bay Nov. 15.