Bootleg

• N.B. distillery paying tribute to one of Canada’s most notorious bootleggers

  A.J. Violette rum is now available online and will make its way to legal liquor stores later this fall.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2023
  
• B.C. liquor industry veteran says government needs to crack down on bottle scalping

  A Vancouver liquor industry veteran says scalpers are scooping up pricy limited release spirits from government stores and flipping them for a big profit online.

  Consumer

  Jan 27, 2022
  
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• $3K in bootleg alcohol destined for northern Sask. community seized by police

  Twenty-five bottles of bootleg alcohol with a street value of over $3,000 were seized by police near Deschambault Lake, Sask.

  Crime

  Mar 7, 2019
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• Bootlegging operation busted in northern Saskatchewan

  RCMP said two men were found transporting roughly $1,200 of liquor to a dry community in northern Saskatchewan.

  Crime

  Aug 9, 2018
• At least 50 Indonesians die after drinking bootleg liquor made of bug repellent

  More than 50 people in Indonesia have died after consuming homemade alcohol tainted with various ingredients including mosquito repellent, authorities said on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Apr 10, 2018
• 5 drug overdoses in 2 days linked to bootleg fentanyl in South Eastern Ontario

  Five people overdosed, and public health officials say bootleg fentanyl has been found in Percocet, heroin and cocaine.

  Crime

  Aug 3, 2017
• Tainted bootleg liquor kills 42 in India

  Forty-two people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India.

  World

  Oct 20, 2013