On April 29, two people were charged in separate incidents near the community of Deschambault Lake under the Saskatchewan Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act for Bootlegging.
Information was received that a suspected local bootlegger was in the back in the community after leaving a few hours earlier. A traffic stop was done by officers and open alcohol was immediately located within the vehicle. further search of the vehicle revealed several more bottles of beverage alcohol located hidden within the vehicle.
A few hours later, additional information was received that a different person was in the community and was also believed to be transporting alcohol into the community. A traffic stop was done by RCMP officers with the vehicle. The driver of vehicle is currently on conditions to not possess any alcohol, but was caught transporting several bottles of distilled alcohol and beer.
All of the alcohol was seized from both vehicles and charges have been laid on both persons under Sec. 138 of the Saskatchewan Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act. One of the persons was also charged under the Traffic Safety Act for operating an unregistered vehicle.
