By Eric Bowling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWT News/North Two people in Fort Simpson are facing possession and bootlegging charges after being caught with excessive volumes of alcohol. RCMP say police were on a patrol on the riverbank at 11 p.m. on July 5 when they came across a party of four consuming liquor. “RCMP members could observe three opened bottles of liquor that they disposed of immediately,” said NT RCMP media relations officer Julie Plourde. “Based on that amount of liquor, Fort Simpson detained the individuals and started an NWT Liquor Act investigation. They subsequently located an additional eight 20-ounce bottles of vodka and six beers. “While searching a bag belonging to a female suspect, RCMP members located two grams of crack cocaine and arrested her. During the arrest,…
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