Police seize bootlegged alcohol

Despite a ban on alcohol in Aupaluk, some residents have found a way to bring in booze.

Suppliers have been asked to send orders via air cargo to Kuujjuaq. In Kuujjuaq, the orders have been picked up and sent on to Aupaluk, and in this way they have been able to bypass the system.

However, police and municipal authorities are now tracking these packages, and last Friday in Aupaluk they destroyed 48 cans of beer and a 40-ounce bottle of spirits.