FROM THE ARCHIVE
Bootleg operation broken up at Navajo
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001

The FBI has arrested 22 members of the Navajo Nation for a bootlegging scheme that served reservation communities in Arizona.

"Operation Bootleg" was a four-month investigation by undercover FBI agens and Navajo Nation police officers. A reported 900 cases of beer a week were transported from Flagstaff to Tuba City and areas north of Winslow and Holbrook.

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